I assume (since you mention registry keys) that you are using some version of Windows.
I have not tested this, but it should work: 1) install pywin32, which contains adodbapi. see: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32 (or, if you are using IronPython, http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi 2) set up OLE DB drivers for Informix on your workstation(s). I found this reference on Google: http://www.datadirect.com/support/getting_started/quick_start/ado_informix/index.ssp 3) use a connection string like: adodbapi.connect("Provider=Ifxoledbc;Data source=dbn...@servername;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;") see: http://connectionstrings.com/informix#p47 -- Good Luck in your effort. Vernon Cole On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Carsten Haese <carsten.ha...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:36 AM, M. Hecht <mhecht2...@instant-mail.de>wrote: > >> So why I have to configure environment variables or registry keys to >> connect >> to an Informix DB >> with Python?? > > > You have to configure environment variables or registry keys to connect to > Informix with ANY LANGUAGE, not just in Python, because that's how the > Informix client library is set up. > > >> Is there any comparable approach doing this in one script whithout >> additional configuration? > > > You could try to set up the necessary environment directly in your code. > > Good luck, > > Carsten Haese > http://informixdb.sourceforge.net > > > _______________________________________________ > DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig > >
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