Greetings, I'm writing a python script to automate creating ODBC connections on a Windows2008 Server (64bit) platform. I created an ODBC manually (using the GUI), for the purposes of fleshing out the 'check for existing' section of the script.
Problem: though I can see the key in regedit (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\DRSQL2000_muXXXX), calling an _winreg.OpenKey returns 'WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified'. Googling the error brought up the possibility that this key is being impacted by registry redirection ( http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2009-February/008862.html), and thus the need to use _winreg.DisableReflectionKey to correct this. I'm new to using _winreg (but not new to python), and though it sounds simple, I can't figure out how to properly use _winreg.DisableReflectionKey to make the _winreg.OpenKey work properly, and there is nearly 0 documentation on how to use _winreg.DisableReflectionKey (though I would be happy to write something up if I could figure the damned thing out). any help is appreciated. Has anyone else run into this before? I realize that Server 2008 is new and that _winreg.DisableReflectionKey was just added, but I'm still hoping SOMEBODY has run into this before. Many thanks, -- Randall Walls Tyler Technologies, Inc
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