pyodbc + MySQL + Windows: Data source name not found and no default driver specified

Question

I am trying to connect to MySQL 5.6 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 localhost with pyodbc. I used the full installation for the MySQL instance on the localhost, including the OD

Answer 1

For the error mentioned "pyodbc.Error: ('IM002', '[IM002] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (0) (SQLDriverConnect)')"

I installed the 'Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable 64-bit' as I have 64-bit system and then added the DSN in the directory of MS Access database and it's working now. Here is the link of the video for how to create DSN and connect to python. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw9P2wSnoIo