remote = False  # automatic testing of remote access has been removed here

def try_connection(verbose, *args, **kwargs):
    import adodbapi

    dbconnect = adodbapi.connect
    try:
        s = dbconnect(*args, **kwargs) # connect to server
        if verbose:
            print(('Connected to:', s.connection_string))
            print(('which has tables:', s.get_table_names()))
        s.close()  # thanks, it worked, goodbye
    except adodbapi.DatabaseError as inst:
        print((inst.args[0]))    # should be the error message
        print(('***Failed getting connection using=',repr(args),repr(kwargs)))
        return False, (args, kwargs), None

    print("  (successful)")

    return True, (args, kwargs, remote), dbconnect


def try_operation_with_expected_exception(expected_exception_list, some_function, *args, **kwargs):
    try:
        some_function(*args, **kwargs)
    except expected_exception_list as e:
        return True, e
    except:
        raise  # an exception other than the expected occurred
    return False, 'The expected exception did not occur'