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id: teradatasql
-author: Krutik Pathak
-email: krutik.pathak@teradata.com
-page_last_update: August 2nd, 2023
-description: How to connect to Teradata Vantage using teradatasql Python database driver
-keywords: [data warehouses, compute storage separation, teradata, vantage, cloud data platform, teradatasql, python applications, business intelligence, enterprise analytics]
+author: Krutik Pathak, Janeth Graziani
+email: developer.relations@teradata.com
+page_last_update: June 17, 2026
+description: How to connect to Teradata using teradatasql Python database driver
+keywords: [data warehouses, compute storage separation, teradata, cloud data platform, teradatasql, python applications, business intelligence, enterprise analytics]
---
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-# Connect to Vantage using Python
+# Connect to Teradata using Python
## Overview
-This how-to demonstrates how to connect to Vantage using [teradatasql](https://github.com/Teradata/python-driver) Python database driver for Teradata Vantage.
+This how-to demonstrates how to connect to Teradata using [teradatasql](https://github.com/Teradata/python-driver) Python database driver for Teradata.
## Prerequisites
-* 64-bit Python 3.4 or later.
+* 64-bit Python 3.8 or later.
-* `teradatasql` driver installed in your system:
-```
+* A Python virtual environment. The recommended workflow using system `venv` is shown below. If you have `uv` installed, an alternative workflow is provided.
+```bash
+# Recommended (system venv):
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install teradatasql
+
+# Alternative (uv):
+uv venv .venv
+uv pip install teradatasql
```
:::note
`teradatasql` package runs on Windows, macOS (10.14 Mojave or later) and Linux. For Linux, currently only Linux x86-64 architecture is supported.
:::
-* Access to a Teradata Vantage instance. Currently driver is supported for use with Teradata Database 16.10 and later releases.
+* Access to a Teradata instance. Currently driver is supported for use with Teradata Database 16.10 and later releases.
## Code to send a query
-This is a simple Python code to connect to Teradata Vantage using `teradatasql`. All that is left, is to pass connection and authentication parameters and run a query:
+Create a file called `app.py` and paste in the following code. Fill in your host, username, and password before running:
```python
import teradatasql
@@ -85,11 +92,15 @@ except teradatasql.DatabaseError as db_err:
print("Error while connecting to the Teradata database:", db_err)
```
+Run the script from your terminal:
+
+```bash
+python app.py
+```
+
## Summary
-This how-to demonstrated how to connect to Teradata Vantage using `teradatasql` Python database driver. It described a sample Python code to send SQL queries to Teradata Vantage using `teradatasql`.
+This how-to demonstrated how to connect to Teradata using `teradatasql` Python database driver. It described a sample Python code to send SQL queries to Teradata using `teradatasql`.
## Further reading
-* [teradatasql Python driver reference](https://github.com/Teradata/python-driver)
-
-
+* [teradatasql Python driver reference](https://github.com/Teradata/python-driver)
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