Thanks Andy. I am good with this approach: On 09/18/2015 09:47 AM, Salnikov, Andrei A. wrote: > def getEngineFromFile(fileName, > drivername=None, > username=None, > password=None, > host=None, > port=None, > database=None, > query=None): ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the QSERV-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=QSERV-L&A=1