Python SQL driver

You can connect to a SQL Database using Python on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

Getting started

There are several python SQL drivers available. However, Microsoft places its testing efforts and its confidence in pyodbc driver. Choose one of the following drivers, and configure your development environment:

• Python SQL Driver - pyodbc
• Python SQL Driver - pymssql

Documentation

For documentation, see Python documentation at Python.org.

Community

• Azure Python Developer Center
• python.org Community

Samples

Explore samples that use Python to connect to a SQL database in the following articles:

• Create a Python app in Azure App Service on Linux

Related content

• Python SQL Driver - pyodbc
• Python SQL Driver - pymssql