When trying to make a program on Windows that connects to a database via ODBC, I got the following error:
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified.
I'm sure my code is right. It even worked on a different PC.
Why am I getting this error? And How do I fix it?
What causes this error?
The error message tells you, simply put, that the ODBC Driver Manager could not find the driver you specified in your connection string or DSN.
This can have 3 common causes:
The driver you tried to use is not installed on your system
The driver is installed, however, it doesn't match bitness of the code you're running
You made an error in typing the driver name
How do I check which drivers are installed on my system?
You can check the drivers which are installed on your system by going to the ODBC Data Source Administrator. To open it, press ⊞ Win + R, and type in: odbcad32.exe. Then check the tab Drivers for installed drivers. The Name column indicates the exact name you should use in your connection string or DSN.
If you're on 64-bit Windows, that only lists the 64-bit drivers installed on
your system. To see which 32-bit drivers are installed, press press ⊞ Win + R, and type in: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe, and go to the Drivers tab again.
The driver is installed, but it might be the wrong bitness, what do I do?
Then, you have two choices, either adjust the bitness your program is running in, or install a driver with a different bitness.
Some of the drivers that are installed by default on Windows only have a 32-bits variant. These can't be used with 64-bits programs.
You can usually identify which bitness a program is running under in task manager. In Windows 10, all 32-bit programs have (32-bit) appended to their name. If that isn't there, you're likely running a 64-bit program, and most modern programming languages and environments run on 64-bit by default, but allow you to switch to 32-bit. However, the specifics for different programming languages are outside the scope of this question.
How can I verify I didn't mistype the driver name?
An ODBC connection string looks like this:
DRIVER={DriverName};ParameterName1=ParameterValue1;ParameterNameN=ParameterValueN;
The driver name part needs to be delimited by curly braces if it might contain special characters, and needs to exactly match the installed driver name, as found in the ODBC Data Source Administrator, including spaces and typographical characters, but excluding capitalization.
Note that for deployed code, the driver must be present on the computer/server running the code.
I don't have the driver, or have the wrong bitness, where do I get the right one?
That depends on which driver you want to use.
A list of common drivers with download locations (all 32-bit and 64-bit at the same URL):
The Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
The Microsoft Access database driver, which is part of the Microsoft Access Database Engine. Note that simultaneous installations of 32-bit and 64-bit Access ODBC drivers are not supported.
The MySQL ODBC connector by Oracle
The open-source SQLite ODBC driver by Christian Werner (non-official)
psqlODBC, the official PostgreSQL driver
If the driver you want to use isn't listed, the location is usually easily found using Google.
In design mode, a value has been set to the property of
TFDConnection.ConnectionDefName must be empty.
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When trying to make a program on Windows that connects to a database via ODBC, I got the following error:
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified.
I'm sure my code is right. It even worked on a different PC.
Why am I getting this error? And How do I fix it?
What causes this error?
The error message tells you, simply put, that the ODBC Driver Manager could not find the driver you specified in your connection string or DSN.
This can have 3 common causes:
The driver you tried to use is not installed on your system
The driver is installed, however, it doesn't match bitness of the code you're running
You made an error in typing the driver name
How do I check which drivers are installed on my system?
You can check the drivers which are installed on your system by going to the ODBC Data Source Administrator. To open it, press ⊞ Win + R, and type in: odbcad32.exe. Then check the tab Drivers for installed drivers. The Name column indicates the exact name you should use in your connection string or DSN.
If you're on 64-bit Windows, that only lists the 64-bit drivers installed on
your system. To see which 32-bit drivers are installed, press press ⊞ Win + R, and type in: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe, and go to the Drivers tab again.
The driver is installed, but it might be the wrong bitness, what do I do?
Then, you have two choices, either adjust the bitness your program is running in, or install a driver with a different bitness.
Some of the drivers that are installed by default on Windows only have a 32-bits variant. These can't be used with 64-bits programs.
You can usually identify which bitness a program is running under in task manager. In Windows 10, all 32-bit programs have (32-bit) appended to their name. If that isn't there, you're likely running a 64-bit program, and most modern programming languages and environments run on 64-bit by default, but allow you to switch to 32-bit. However, the specifics for different programming languages are outside the scope of this question.
How can I verify I didn't mistype the driver name?
An ODBC connection string looks like this:
DRIVER={DriverName};ParameterName1=ParameterValue1;ParameterNameN=ParameterValueN;
The driver name part needs to be delimited by curly braces if it might contain special characters, and needs to exactly match the installed driver name, as found in the ODBC Data Source Administrator, including spaces and typographical characters, but excluding capitalization.
Note that for deployed code, the driver must be present on the computer/server running the code.
I don't have the driver, or have the wrong bitness, where do I get the right one?
That depends on which driver you want to use.
A list of common drivers with download locations (all 32-bit and 64-bit at the same URL):
The Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
The Microsoft Access database driver, which is part of the Microsoft Access Database Engine. Note that simultaneous installations of 32-bit and 64-bit Access ODBC drivers are not supported.
The MySQL ODBC connector by Oracle
The open-source SQLite ODBC driver by Christian Werner (non-official)
psqlODBC, the official PostgreSQL driver
If the driver you want to use isn't listed, the location is usually easily found using Google.
In design mode, a value has been set to the property of
TFDConnection.ConnectionDefName must be empty.
When trying to make a program on Windows that connects to a database via ODBC, I got the following error:
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified.
I'm sure my code is right. It even worked on a different PC.
Why am I getting this error? And How do I fix it?
What causes this error?
The error message tells you, simply put, that the ODBC Driver Manager could not find the driver you specified in your connection string or DSN.
This can have 3 common causes:
The driver you tried to use is not installed on your system
The driver is installed, however, it doesn't match bitness of the code you're running
You made an error in typing the driver name
How do I check which drivers are installed on my system?
You can check the drivers which are installed on your system by going to the ODBC Data Source Administrator. To open it, press ⊞ Win + R, and type in: odbcad32.exe. Then check the tab Drivers for installed drivers. The Name column indicates the exact name you should use in your connection string or DSN.
If you're on 64-bit Windows, that only lists the 64-bit drivers installed on
your system. To see which 32-bit drivers are installed, press press ⊞ Win + R, and type in: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe, and go to the Drivers tab again.
The driver is installed, but it might be the wrong bitness, what do I do?
Then, you have two choices, either adjust the bitness your program is running in, or install a driver with a different bitness.
Some of the drivers that are installed by default on Windows only have a 32-bits variant. These can't be used with 64-bits programs.
You can usually identify which bitness a program is running under in task manager. In Windows 10, all 32-bit programs have (32-bit) appended to their name. If that isn't there, you're likely running a 64-bit program, and most modern programming languages and environments run on 64-bit by default, but allow you to switch to 32-bit. However, the specifics for different programming languages are outside the scope of this question.
How can I verify I didn't mistype the driver name?
An ODBC connection string looks like this:
DRIVER={DriverName};ParameterName1=ParameterValue1;ParameterNameN=ParameterValueN;
The driver name part needs to be delimited by curly braces if it might contain special characters, and needs to exactly match the installed driver name, as found in the ODBC Data Source Administrator, including spaces and typographical characters, but excluding capitalization.
Note that for deployed code, the driver must be present on the computer/server running the code.
I don't have the driver, or have the wrong bitness, where do I get the right one?
That depends on which driver you want to use.
A list of common drivers with download locations (all 32-bit and 64-bit at the same URL):
The Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server
The Microsoft Access database driver, which is part of the Microsoft Access Database Engine. Note that simultaneous installations of 32-bit and 64-bit Access ODBC drivers are not supported.
The MySQL ODBC connector by Oracle
The open-source SQLite ODBC driver by Christian Werner (non-official)
psqlODBC, the official PostgreSQL driver
If the driver you want to use isn't listed, the location is usually easily found using Google.
In design mode, a value has been set to the property of
TFDConnection.ConnectionDefName must be empty.
My Softwares:
Python 3.4 -64 bit
PyODBC 64 bit
MS office package Installed (32 bit)
Problem:
Now, I try to access MS Access 2010 installed in my computer using PYODBC. It does not work regardless of what I try. My error is always this:
pyodbc.Error: ('IM002', '[IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (0) (SQLDriverConnect)')
I already looked at:
pyodbc and ms access 2010 connection error
Cannot connect to Access DB using pyodbc
It is suggested that it is 32-64 bit problem which I am sure it is. Is there some modification that can be done to make it work without installing 32 bit python and 32 bit pyodbc? I checked this website.Using ODBC (32-bit and 64-bit) on 64-bit Windows which explains about accessing the control panel to modify ODBC connnection and/or drivers. However, I don't know much about windows database connection internals to commence some changes.
Is there something that I can do to make it work?
Is there some modification that can be done to make it work without installing 32 bit python and 32 bit pyodbc?
Not really. If you have 32-bit Office installed then you have the 32-bit version of the Access Database Engine (a.k.a. "ACE"), and only 32-bit applications can use it.
The installer for the 64-bit version of the Access Database Engine will abort if it detects 32-bit Office components. There is a way to force the installer to continue, but that is not recommended because it can apparently break Office.
Bottom Line: The "bitness" of your application must match the "bitness" of the installed Access Database Engine. So, practically speaking, your options are
Use 32-bit Python and pyodbc, or
replace your 32-bit Office with the 64-bit version.
I'm trying to use pyodbc to connect to a SQL Server (MS SQL Server through FreeTDS) in a portable application; since it's supposed to be standalone, I would like to avoid having to explicitly install the driver on the system, just bringing the ODBC driver dll along the application.
This page suggests that it's possible to specify the driver dll directly in the connection string
Specify the DRIVER= parameter in the szConnStrIn argument to the SQLDriverConnect function. For example:
szConnStrIn = "driver=ospath/dbodbc6.dll;dbf=c:\asademo.db"
where ospath is the operating system subdirectory of your Adaptive Server Anywhere installation directory.
Trying it through pyodbc+libtdsodbc.so on Linux, it does work fine; however, trying the same on Windows (pyodbc+tdsodbc.dll) I always get
pyodbc.Error: ('IM002', '[IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (0) (SQLDriverConnect)')
(my libtdsodbc.so seems to be fine, though, since, if I install it as a "regular" driver and refer it with its name it connects fine)
Checking the documentation of SQLDriverConnect and related pages there's no mention of the DRIVER= option used straight with the dll path.
So, isn't "straight-to-driver-dll" connection not supported on Windows? Are there any alternatives, especially with Python, to connect straight to the driver dll, bypassing the ODBC driver manager?
Like the answer by TallTed mentions, the documentation you linked contains quite a bit of information (but maybe it was not there at the time), and it is also explicit on the meaning of the driver parameter:
Description of the driver as returned by the SQLDrivers function. For
example, Rdb or SQL Server.
It follows that it is not valid to indicate a path there in Windows (with the default ODBC implementation at least).
It also does not seem to be possible in general to use an ODBC driver without registering it, which requires admin rights. This answer lists some options.
It's likely impossible to troubleshoot this now, 2.5 years later, but my best guess would be a typo or permissions error on the unregistered libtdsodbc.so, or some other error in your SQLDriverConnect() call (which you did not provide, so cannot be analyzed).
I think you must not have read the documentation of SQLDriverConnect() carefully or completely, as it explicitly includes DRIVER in the EBNF of SQLDriverConnect() --
empty-string ::=attribute ::= attribute-keyword=attribute-value | DRIVER=[{]attribute-value[}]
-- and discusses it further in the details of the "Comments" section.
Note that this does not "bypass the ODBC driver manager," though it does make a DSN-less connection (so does not refer to the odbc.ini Registry trees on Windows, nor the odbc.ini file(s) on other OS).
Is there any way to connect to an MS SQL Server database with python on linux using Windows Domain Credentials?
I can connect perfectly fine from my windows machine using Windows Credentials, but attempting to do the same from a linux python with pyodbs + freetds + unixodbc
>>import pyodbc
>>conn = pyodbc.connect("DRIVER={FreeTDS};SERVER=servername;UID=username;PWD=password;DATABASE=dbname")
results in this error:
class 'pyodbc.Error'>: ('28000', '[28000] [unixODBC][FreeTDS][SQL Server]Login incorrect. (20014) (SQLDriverConnectW)')
I'm sure the password is written correctly, but I've tried many different combinations of username:
DOMAIN\username
DOMAIN\\username
or even
UID=username;DOMAIN=domain
to no avail. Any ideas?
As of at least March 2013, this seems to work out of the box with FreeTDS. I specified the TDS protocol version for good measure--not sure if that makes the difference:
connStr = "DRIVER={{FreeTDS}};SERVER={0};PORT=1433;TDS_Version=7.2;UID={1}\\{2};PWD={3}".format(hostname, active_directory_domain, username, password)
Integrated authentication also appears to be supported in Microsoft's official driver for linux: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh568450.aspx . I'm not sure how many Linux distributions it actually works on or how much of the source is available. They explicitly mention RHEL 5 and 6 and some dependencies on the download page.
As pointed out in one of the comments, this answer is quite stale by now. I regularly and routinely use GSSAPI to authenticate from Linux to SQL Server 2008 R2 but mostly with the EasySoft ODBC manager and the (commercial) EasySoft ODBC SQL Server driver.
In early 2009, a colleague and I managed to connect to a SQL Server 2005 instance from Solaris 10 using GSSAPI (Kerberos credentials) using DBB::Perl over a FreeTDS build linked against a particular version of the MIT kerberos libraries. The trick was -- and this is a little bit difficult to believe but I have verified it by looking through the FreeTDS source code -- to specify a zero-length user_name. If the length of the user_name string is 0 then the FreeTDS code will attempt to use GSSAPI (if that support has been compiled in). I have not been able to do this via Python and pyodbc as I could not figure out a way of getting ODBC to pass down a zero-length user_name.
Here in the perl code .. there are multiple opportunities for breakage wrt configuration files such as .freetds.conf etc. I seem to recall that the principal had to be in uppercase but my notes seem to be in disagreement with that.
$serverprincipal = 'MSSQLSvc/foo.bar.yourdomain.com:1433#YOURDOMAIN.COM';
$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Sybase:server=THESERVERNAME;kerberos=$serverprincipal", '', '');
You will have to know how to use the setspn utility in order to get the SQL Server server to use the appropriate security principal name.
I do not have any knowledge of the kerberos side of things because our environment was set up by an out and out Kerberos guru and has fancy stuff like mutual trust set up between the AD domain that the SQL Server is running in and the Kerberos domain that my client was running in.
There is some code http://code.google.com/p/libsqljdbc-auth/ which does GSSAPI authentication from Linux to SQL Server but it is Java only. The author (who seems to know his stuff) also has contributed a similar patch to the jTDS project which works with more recent versions of Java that have GSSAPI built in.
So the pieces are all there, it is just a big tangled mess trying to get them all to work together. I found the pyodbc to unixODBC to FreeTDS odbc to TDS integration pretty hard to trace/debug. The perl stuff because it was a pretty thin wrapper on top to CT-Lib was much easier to get going.
Probably a bit too late to help you out - but I encountered the same issue. At the time of writing, the latest version of pyodbc allows me to login with windows credentials. Just leave the UID field blank in your connection string like so:
cnxn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=myserverinstance;DATABASE=mydatabase;UID=;PWD=mypassword')
Now this is using your existing windows credentials when you're logged on... not sure how to specify any arb windows domain credentials...
I haven't done it in a while, but I remember the whole unixodbc + FreeTDS + pyodbc thing being a little tricky. However, it can be done, and once setup it's not that hard.
This website provides very good instructions:
http://www.pauldeden.com/2008/12/how-to-setup-pyodbc-to-connect-to-mssql.html (archived copy on Web Archive)
Also, in my experience pyodbc had issues compiling/running on 64 bit Linux machines. Because of that we eventually used ceODBC. ceODBC isn't quite as stable as pyodbc (encountered more unexpected bugs than in pyodbc when running in python prorgram), but it is very easy to get up and running on Linux 64 bit.
I don't believe you'll be able to log in to a windows domain account in this way. You need to set up a user in sql directly for this manner of passing credentials.