What's causing 'unable to connect to data source' for pyodbc?

Question

I\'m trying to connect to an MSSQL database from python on Linux (SLES).

I have installed pyodbc and Free TDS. From the command line:

tsql -H server          


        

Answer 1

My problem was that on my settings file I was setting HOST to the SQL Server IP, however after hours of pulling my hair off I figured out that HOST has to be set to the Data Source Name []