[Python] Python quits when connecting to DB2

I have just installed ibm_db to connect Python to a DB2 database.

pip install ibm_db


The database is a remote database hosted on IBM with an impossibly long name. Reading what I could around the place, I have the following connection script:

import ibm_db, importlib, ibm_db_dbi
hostname, port, database, protocol, uid, pwd = ('…', …, '…', 'TCPIP', '…', '…')

connection = ibm_db_dbi.connect(f'HOSTNAME={hostname};PORT={port};DATABASE={database};PROTOCOL={protocol};UID={uid};PWD={pwd}', '', '')


using the connection data supplied by IBM.

When I try, I get the following error message:



I get the same on PyCharm and Idle, so it’s not the software.

Is there a trick to making this work?

I’m using Python 3.13.2 on a Mac Mini M1 with macOS Sequoia 15.5.

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