cx_Oracle doesn't connect when using SID instead of service name on connection string

Question

I have a connection string that looks like this

con_str = \"myuser/mypass@oracle.sub.example.com:1521/ora1\"

Where ora1 is the

Answer 1

It still may not work. You need to take the output of dsnStr and modify the string by replacing SID with SERVICE_NAME and use that variable in the con string. This procedure worked for me.