What do I need to read Microsoft Access databases using Python?

Question

How can I access Microsoft Access databases in Python? With SQL?

I\'d prefere a solution that works with Linux, but I could also settle for Windows.

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Answer 1

Old question, but I thought I'd post a pypyodbc alternative suggestion for Windows: ADO. Turns out, it's really easy to get at Access databases, Excel spreadsheets and anything else with a modern (as opposed to old-school ODBC) driver via COM.

Check out the following articles:

• http://www.mayukhbose.com/python/ado/index.php
• http://www.markcarter.me.uk/computing/python/ado.html
• http://www.ecp.cc/ado_examples.shtml