Knowing it was possible gave me new searching hope, and I found an example that used ibm_db_dbi instead of the current ibm_db I was using. Using ibm_db_dbi can connect to the local database without issue, but ibm_db requires explicit connection parms that I could not seem to get to use current user profiles. Strange thing is that docs say that ibm_db_dbi is a wrapper on top of ibm_db, so that implies its somehow using ibm_db the way I'd like to.
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Also as of Python 3.13 there is no IBM DB2 functionality, so going with ODBC is the way to go.
That being said I didn't think the DB2 stuff required a user/password either.
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date: Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:50 +0000
from: Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Python and passwords
If you use ODBC your DSN definition in ~/.odbc.ini can include the lines:
System = *LOCAL
UserID = *CURRENT
Jack Woehr
Independent Consulting Programmer
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