How to connect Django project with MS SQL server?

Question

I am beginner in Django framework and trying to connect Django project with MS sQL server on my localhost. I have tried a few of libs like pyodbc-azure but it is not working in my case and I am getting the errors.

"C:\\Program Files\\JetBrains\\PyCharm 2018.1.5\\bin\\runnerw.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\python.exe" C:/Users/hyaqub/PycharmProjects/SpotDash/manage.py runserver 8000 Unhandled exception in thread started by .wrapper at 0x04A1BD68> Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django_pyodbc\\base.py", line 55, in import pyodbc as Database ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\utils\\autoreload.py", line 225, in wrapper fn(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\core\\management\\commands\\runserver.py", line 109, in inner_run autoreload.raise_last_exception() File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\utils\\autoreload.py", line 248, in raise_last_exception raise _exception[1] File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\core\\management__init__.py", line 337, in execute autoreload.check_errors(django.setup)() File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\utils\\autoreload.py", line 225, in wrapper fn(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django__init__.py", line 24, in setup apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\apps\\registry.py", line 112, in populate app _config.import_models() File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\apps\\config.py", line 198, in import_models self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\importlib__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) File "", line 1006, in _gcd_import File "", line 983, in _find_and_load File "", line 967, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "", line 677, in _load_unlocked File "", line 728, in exec_module File "", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\contrib\\auth\\models.py", line 2, in from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\contrib\\auth\\base_user.py", line 47, in class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model): File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\db\\models\\base.py", line 101, i n new new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, app_label)) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\db\\models\\base.py", line 305, in add_to_class value.contribute_to_class(cls, name) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\db\\models\\options.py", line 203, in contribute_to_class self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length()) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\db__init__.py", line 33, in getattr return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\db\\utils.py", line 202, in getitem backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE']) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django\\db\\utils.py", line 110, in load_backend return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\importlib__init__.py", line 127, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], pa ckage, level) File "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python37-32\\lib\\site-packages\\django_pyodbc\\base.py", line 58, in raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading pyodbc module: %s" % e) django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading pyodbc module: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Please guide me how can I achieve this. It would be appreciated.

Answer 1

The error states that you are missing a DLL/module. I am not sure what process you went to install, but these instructions state that you need Install the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Windows , which should include all of the necessary DLL's