Installation guide

mxODBC - Python ODBC Database Interface
Windows Platforms
mxODBC selects the subpackage by trying to import the available ODBC driver
subpackages in the following order:
1. mx.ODBC.Windows
No other subpackage is currently tried, since the Windows ODBC manager is
always present in all recent Windows versions.
Unix Platforms
mxODBC selects the subpackage by trying to import the available ODBC driver
subpackages in the following order:
1. mx.ODBC.unixODBC
2. mx.ODBC.iODBC
3. mx.ODBC.DataDirect
The
mx.ODBC.Manager package then behaves just like the driver manager chosen
by this process.
Please note: The order was changed in mxODBC 3.2. Previous mxODBC
versions preferred iODBC over unixODBC. Since unixODBC is widely
supported nowadays and provides better Unicode support, selecting unixODBC
over iODBC when both are present provides a better user experience.
14.3 mx.ODBC.Windows -- Windows ODBC
Driver Manager
Tested with Windows XP, Vista, 7.
mxODBC links against the Windows ODBC driver manager on Windows. This is
the only mxODBC interface subpackage available on Windows.
14.3.1 Connecting to a Database
Always use the DriverConnect() API to connect to the data source if you need
to pass in extra configuration information such as names of log files, etc.
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