Fix DLL load failure on Windows , update workflow and simplify sdist packaging#1053
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| # 2. User site-packages/clidriver (pip install --user) |
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@bchoudhary6415 Other code should be inside else block if ibm_home is not set.
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Ok. will correct it.
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This PR addresses DLL resolution issues for ibm_db on Windows with Python ≥3.8. Since Python 3.8, the system PATH is no longer used for DLL resolution, which causes ImportError: DLL load failed when importing ibm_db because the clidriver DLLs cannot be found.
Problem
Python 3.8 changed DLL search behavior on Windows (Python issue #36085).
As a result, ibm_db fails to import if clidriver DLLs are not explicitly registered.
Introduce a startup hook (_ibm_db_register_dll.py) that uses os.add_dll_directory() to register the clidriver bin path automatically.
Trigger the hook via a .pth file (ibm_db_dll.pth) placed in site‑packages, ensuring DLL registration happens at Python startup.
This makes import ibm_db work out of the box on Windows without manual configuration.
updated workflow file and README.md file.