Pyodbc.Error: ('08001', ' SQL Server does not exist or access denied. # 'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'), # 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', When I load the following configuration into my settings.py file in Django as such: I am completely new to the world of DBISAM database technology AND completely new to the Python ODBC world so let me know if I can offer more details on anything to help the process. Control PanelAdministrative ToolsData Sources (ODBC)System DNSAdd.Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver (you may be prompted to download and install VFPODBC.msi. We have also loaded Python 3.6 along with Django 1.10.5 so we can try and get a connection working.

It has the ODBC driver from the vendor installed along with the vendors Delphi based application. We have a test environment with Windows 2012 R2 running the DBISAM server software. I'm trying to use the DBISAM 4.21 database because I am working on interfacing an existing software written in Delphi that stores it's data in the DBISAM database with a new Python 3 + Django 1.10 based software that is yet to be written. The company that makes the software (Elevate Software) claims on their website that they support connections from non Delphi based projects using their provided ODBC driver ( ). nnect(r'DSN=DSNname UID=User PWD=Password’) It is not listed as supported by pyodbc at this time but after opening an issue with them in their Git repo I'm able to initiate a connection with a DSN from within the Python shell:

It seems to me that DBISAM is a relatively obscure proprietary database server software based on SQL-92 standards. I am working to get a Django project to talk with a DBISAM 4.21 database using the pyodbc and django-pyodbc software and can find little to nothing about how to make this work.

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