1  def try_connection(verbose, *args, **kwargs):
   2      import adodbapi
   3  
   4      dbconnect = adodbapi.connect
   5      try:
   6          s = dbconnect(*args, **kwargs)  # connect to server
   7          if verbose:
   8              print("Connected to:", s.connection_string)
   9              print("which has tables:", s.get_table_names())
  10          s.close()  # thanks, it worked, goodbye
  11      except adodbapi.DatabaseError as inst:
  12          print(inst.args[0])  # should be the error message
  13          print(f"***Failed getting connection using= {args!r} {kwargs!r}")
  14          return False, (args, kwargs), None
  15  
  16      print("  (successful)")
  17  
  18      return True, (args, kwargs), dbconnect
  19  
  20  
  21  def try_operation_with_expected_exception(
  22      expected_exception_list, some_function, *args, **kwargs
  23  ):
  24      try:
  25          some_function(*args, **kwargs)
  26      except expected_exception_list as e:
  27          return True, e
  28      except:
  29          raise  # an exception other than the expected occurred
  30      return False, "The expected exception did not occur"
  31