Working with Python in a Windows environment can present some unorthodox
challenges. In one such challenge we'll explore one solution for cases
when you want to communicate with a SQL Server database and cannot use
pyodbc. The solution demonstrates how to create a small library in Iron
Python which can take advantage of the .NET CLR that is responsible for
communicating with SQL Server.,After five years of working in corporate finance and business
intelligence, Matt has shifted his career focus to software