[SQL] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyodbc' when importing pyodbc into py script

I've written a short python script which tries to import the pyodbc extension package so I can access my SQL table.

import pyodbc as pyodbc
cnxn = pyodbc.connect('Driver={SQL Server};'
'Server=DESKTOP-UO8KJOP;'
'Database=ExamplePFData'
'Trusted_Connection=yes;')


I have definitely installed the extension by using: pip install pyodbc. And when I go to install it again, cmd says: Requirement already satisfied: pyodbc in ... and I've found the pyd file in my directories.

I have also tried installing pypyodbc, which didn't work.

The error I get is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Jerry\Documents\Python\SQLembed.py", line 5, in <module>
import pyodbc as pyodbc
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyodbc'


(where line 5 is the 'import pyodbc' line)

I have tried copying the pyodbc.cp37-win_amd64.pyd file into my Python Scripts folder and into the folder where my pip.exe file is.

• Currently python is my Python37 folder.
• pyodbc.cp37-win_amd64.pyd is in Python > Lib > site-packages.

Can anyone help me fix this error please so that I can import pyodbc?

Do all of the python extensions/modules that I install via pip need to be in the same folder/directory as python.exe?

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