1. In the connection string, the PORT is written twice, instead of only once.

2. Use string.format, to create the connection string, it is much nicer and pythonic.

For example:

server = "server"                                                                                                   
username = "username"                                                                                                                             
password = "password"                                                                                                 
driver= '{ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server}'                                                                                                     
database = "database"                                                                                                                          

connection_string = 'DRIVER={driver};PORT=1433;SERVER={server};DATABASE={database};UID={username};PWD={password}'.format(
    driver=driver, server=server, database=database, username=username, password=password)

Thanks

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