As many of us do, I used ArcGis Pro to clone the default python environment where I add various packages. Using conda, not the Pro package manager I added the pyodbc package to my clone (hereinafter referred to as clone1) and the installation warned me that other packages would be down-graded in the process. Okay. I figured I would leave clone1 alone, so I went back to Pro and cloned the default to clone2. I happen to like spyder so I added it to clone2 and then added pyodbc accepting the down grades. Cool. Now I have 3 python environmments: the default, clone1 and clone2. Clone1 remains the active clone in ArcGis Pro.
I added a new desktop shortcut that fires clone2 spyder and started experimenting with pyodbc. How does a stand alone script know which environment is the right one? I never thought about this till now; my scripts written in clone1 spyder work just fine, ignoring the default, and I guess my scripts written in clone2 spyder will as well. Right?!
Dan Patterson
