“ImportError: DLL load failed” when trying to import pymssql on Windows

Question

I\'m trying to use the example code from here:

http://www.pymssql.org/en/latest/pymssql_examples.html

I installed the pymmsql module using pip.

Answer 1

Nowadays I recommend just downloading the version you need from here https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pymssql and then installing via below steps.

1. Download the version to want to place on disk, can be Downloads or anywhere you want. I downloaded pymssql-2.1.4-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl because I'm using Python 3.8 on Windows 10 64 bit.
2. Navigate to directory where you downloaded or move the file...
3. pip install

I didn't have to install anything extra, worked right out of the box.