Cannot get past this string related issue

[Oltmans]

On Apr 26, 7:39 pm, Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-
a470-7603bd3aa... at spamschutz.glglgl.de> wrote:
> Am 26.04.2011 15:48, schrieb Oltmans:
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> > Following doesn't work
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> > config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
> > config.read('configs.txt')
> > server_info = config.get("DB_INFO","server")
> > db = config.get("DB_INFO","database")
> > username = config.get("DB_INFO","user")
> > pwd = config.get("DB_INFO","password")
> > print server_info,db,username,pwd
> > conn =
> > _mssql.connect(server=server_info,database=db,user=username,password=pwd)
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> > but following does work
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> > conn =
> > _mssql.connect(server='server',database='database',user='user',password='pa ssword')
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> Ok, if you are this far: what prevents you from trying
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> print server_info, db, username, pwd
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> and being aware that IF there are " around, they are not part of the
> string representation, but they are really there.
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> > Config file looks like following
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> > [DB_INFO]
> > server = "server"
> > database = "database"
> > user = "user"
> > password = "password"
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> I think if you will have seen the output above, you will probably see
> what is wrong here: too many "s. :-)

Many thanks, really appreciate help.
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> HTH & HAND!
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> Thomas