Connection to Azure SQL Server: ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server

[js54123875]

Task:

Setup connection to Azure SQL Server.

A couple things have changed...

*We've started using Unity Catalog, so need Unity Catalog -enabled clusters

*Legacy init scripts have been deprecated, and this is how we had our pyodbc setup, etc. defined.

Code:

import pyodbc
def build_odbc_connection(dbserver, dbname, username, pwd):
  conn = pyodbc.connect('DRIVER={ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server};SERVER='+dbserver+';DATABASE='+dbname+';ENCRYPT=yes;UID='+username+';PWD='+ pwd)
  return conn
 
def execute_azsql_query(sqlquery):
  conn = build_odbc_connection(sec_SourceServer, sec_SourceDatabase,sec_SinkAzSqlAppID,sec_SinkAzSqlSecret)
  df = pd.read_sql(sqlquery,conn)
  conn.close()
  return df
 
execute_azsql_query('select * from dbo.client')

Error:

('01000', "[01000] [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib 'ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server' : file not found (0) (SQLDriverConnect)")

What am I missing here? Thanks!

[Kaniz]

Hi @Jennette Shepard​, The error message you provided indicates that the ODBC driver named ’ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server is not found or cannot be opened. This error commonly occurs when the required driver files are missing or the driver is not installed correctly.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Jennette Shepard​ 

Hope everything is going great.

Just wanted to check in if you were able to resolve your issue. If yes, would you be happy to mark an answer as best so that other members can find the solution more quickly? If not, please tell us so we can help you. 

Cheers!

[js54123875]

Thanks for checking in. Yes the driver is not installed, but I'm not sure the current correct way to install

[diego_poggioli]

Hi @js54123875 did you manage to find a solution for this? I'm facing a similar problem.

Thanks

Diego

[js54123875]

Hi @Jodie - We're using this jdbc driver to connect Query SQL Server with Databricks | Databricks on AWS