ODBC Driver included?

[fgenoese]

Fresh Windows installations usually do not include the ODBC driver for MS SQL. Does this python library also install the ODBC driver?

[gordthompson]

Yes.

(.venv) PS C:\Users\gord\PycharmProjects\mssql_python_demo> ls msodbcsql18.dll -Recurse


    Directory: C:\Users\gord\PycharmProjects\mssql_python_demo\.venv\Lib\site-packages\mssql_python\libs\windows\x64


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----        2025-11-20     10:26        1980448 msodbcsql18.dll

It also includes the ODBC drivers for supported versions of Linux and Mac.