Key error when using adodbapi, azure and pandas

[mazamus]

Hi!

I'm using Anaconda environment (Spyder) for my Python development and until recently have been using adodbapi to connect to an Azure SQL server (namely because that one does not need an ODBC driver installed). With the established connection, I have been able to read stuff directly to a Pandas dataframe with pd.read_sql(), awesome.

I just updated everything in my Anaconda environment so I don't exactly know what caused the issue, but now using the exact same code as before leads to a key error (the last rows of the generated output below):

Output:
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-20-df4577e99893>", line 1, in <module>
    data = pd.read_sql(dataSQL, connection)

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\sql.py", line 380, in read_sql
    chunksize=chunksize)

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\sql.py", line 1482, in read_query
    parse_dates=parse_dates)

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\sql.py", line 141, in _wrap_result
    coerce_float=coerce_float)

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py", line 1512, in from_records
    coerce_float=coerce_float)

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\internals\construction.py", line 408, in to_arrays
    elif isinstance(data[0], ABCSeries):

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\dtypes\generic.py", line 9, in _check
    return getattr(inst, attr, '_typ') in comp

  File "C:\Users\mahal\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\adodbapi\apibase.py", line 466, in __getattr__
    return self._getValue(self.rows.columnNames[name.lower()])

KeyError: '_typ'

The code is simply:

import pandas as pd
import adodbapi

connection = adodbapi.connect("PROVIDER=SQLOLEDB; Data Source={0}; \
                              Database={1}; trusted_connection=no; \
                              Uid={2}; PWD={3};".format(server, database, username, password))

df = pd.read_sql(dataSQL, connection)

with string values assigned to the variables, and a legit SQL query as string in dataSQL. I have little to no understanding what is happening under the hood in these libraries, so any help is appreciated. What could be causing that key error? I am yet to try this with another connection type (have to wait for the IT to install the ODBC driver), but this connection method is widely used in my various code snippets and I would like to get it working again.

[pr0faka]

Did you find a solution?
I have the same issue with adodbapi after updating pandas

[TomKom]

Hi, I found a solution. It's described there: adodbapi-patch suggestion at github

Since adodbapi doesn't change much, this simple "patch" will last long.