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Asked: 2026-05-13T11:05:29+00:00

I am developing a client-server application for a cross-database system. I am using Eclipse

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I am developing a client-server application for a cross-database system.

I am using Eclipse IDE with Python 2.5 and PyODBC2.5; need to read content from a Lotus Notes database, so run some basic query like – SELECT personname FROM tablename.

‘import pyodbc’ is ok – Python sees it!

But when I try to run:

conn = pyodbc.connect("DRIVER={Lotus NotesSQL Driver};SERVER=localhost;UID=John
Meyer;PWD=yellowbird;DATABASE=mydb.nsf")

it gives the error:

pyodbc.Error: ('IM002', '[IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
source name not found and no default driver specified (0) (SQLDriverConnectW)')
[01S00] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid connection string attribute (0)

Any suggestions – what should be missing here? All comments and suggestions are highly appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I almost forgot to post the solution here…

    We have managed to put NotesSQL to work through ODBC with python to access data from our Lotus Notes *.NSF files (database). It works as queries using the same type of queries syntax you would need normally use to get the data when working on MS-Access to grab the info inside the Lotus Notes *.nsf file.

    So we got access to the data via SQL using ODBC.

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