cx_Oracle version check - python-3.x

Question

I'm using PyCharm 2019.1 Professional and am able to connect to an Oracle JDBC database using a thin driver (jdbc:oracle:thin:#host:PORT:SID). I'm trying to use the cx_Oracle library (version 1.1.9) and Anaconda 3.6, but do not seem to have the functions .connect or .makedsn with the library. I find this unusual, and at a loss.
Do I just have the wrong cx_Oracle version even though I installed using pip?
Is the 1.1.9 version that works with Anaconda 3.6 just not have these functions?
Or is there a different/easier library I can use to connect with jdbc:oracle:thin:#host:PORT:SID?
dir(cx_Oracle)
Outputs:
['ARRAY', 'BIGINT', 'BINARY', 'BLANK_SCHEMA', 'BLOB', 'BOOLEAN',
'BigInteger', 'Binary', 'Boolean', 'CHAR', 'CLOB',
'CheckConstraint', 'Column', 'ColumnDefault', 'Constraint',
'DATE', 'DATETIME', 'DDL', 'DECIMAL', 'Date', 'DateTime',
'DefaultClause', 'Enum', 'FLOAT', 'FetchedValue', 'Float',
'ForeignKey', 'ForeignKeyConstraint', 'INT', 'INTEGER', 'Index',
'Integer', 'Interval', 'JSON', 'LargeBinary', 'MetaData',
'NCHAR', 'NUMERIC', 'NVARCHAR', 'Numeric', 'PassiveDefault',
'PickleType', 'PrimaryKeyConstraint', 'REAL', 'SMALLINT',
'Sequence', 'SmallInteger', 'String', 'TEXT', 'TIME',
'TIMESTAMP', 'Table', 'Text', 'ThreadLocalMetaData', 'Time',
'TypeDecorator', 'Unicode', 'UnicodeText', 'UniqueConstraint',
'VARBINARY', 'VARCHAR', 'all', 'builtins', 'cached',
'doc', 'file', 'go', 'loader', 'name',
'package', 'path', 'spec', 'version', 'alias',
'all', 'and', 'any_', 'asc', 'between', 'bindparam', 'case',
'cast', 'collate', 'column', 'create_engine', 'delete', 'desc',
'distinct', 'engine', 'engine_from_config', 'event', 'events',
'exc', 'except_', 'except_all', 'exists', 'extract', 'false',
'func', 'funcfilter', 'insert', 'inspect', 'inspection',
'interfaces', 'intersect', 'intersect_all', 'join', 'lateral',
'literal', 'literal_column', 'log', 'modifier', 'not_', 'null',
'or_', 'outerjoin', 'outparam', 'over', 'pool', 'processors',
'schema', 'select', 'sql', 'subquery', 'table', 'tablesample',
'text', 'true', 'tuple_', 'type_coerce', 'types', 'union',
'union_all', 'update', 'util', 'within_group']

Answer 1

Print out the value of cx_Oracle.version. The version number 1.1.9 is not a valid cx_Oracle version! The latest version is 7.2.1 and has a much different set of values than the ones you printed! Take a look at the cx_Oracle installation documentation and the top level module cx_Oracle documentation to get an idea of what I am talking about. If you have further questions, adjust your question above and add a comment below and I'll see if I can help further.

Answer 2

To check the version of cx_Oracle
You must have python
Use your python shell, command prompt, or your code/text editor
Print out the following code
C:\Users>python
Python 3.10.1 (tags/v3.10.1:2cd268a, Dec 6 2021, 19:10:37) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cx_Oracle
>>> print(cx_Oracle.version)
8.3.0
>>> exit()