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The odbchelper.py program and its output should now make perfect sense.
def buildConnectionString(params): """Build a connection string from a dictionary of parameters. Returns string.""" return ";".join(["%s=%s" % (k, params[k]) for k in params.keys()]) if __name__ == "__main__": myParams = {"server":"mpilgrim", \ "database":"master", \ "uid":"sa", \ "pwd":"secret" \ } print buildConnectionString(myParams)
Example 1.36. Output of odbchelper.py
server=mpilgrim;uid=sa;database=master;pwd=secret
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