C++: "string" to C char*

Apparently there's a built in function for the c++ std::string type:

c_str()

Why does it come up? Things like ifstream are initialized with char* file names, not std::string.

MS SQL and Python

Had trouble connecting Python to MS SQL Server. Here is the answer!

MS-SQL and Python

In short:

Set up your ODBC Data Source Administrator

Insert Python code using very built in imports (dbi, odbc)

Python code:

import dbi
import odbc

query = "SELECT * FROM default_table";
conn=odbc.odbc("odbc_data_source_admin_name");
cursor = conn.cursor();
cursor.execute(query);
print (cursor.fetchall());

Slavery and Freedom

When people impose order on you, they enslave you.
When you impose order on yourself, you liberate yourself.