def METHOD_NAME(self, url):
    """ Return a tuple of *args,**kwargs for creating a connection.
    The mxODBC 3.x connection constructor looks like this:
        connect(dsn, user='', password='',
                clear_auto_commit=1, errorhandler=None)
    This method translates the values in the provided uri
    into args and kwargs needed to instantiate an mxODBC Connection.
    The arg 'errorhandler' is not used by SQLAlchemy and will
    not be populated.
    """
    opts = url.translate_connect_args(username='user')
    opts.update(url.query)
    args = opts.pop('host')
    opts.pop('port', None)
    opts.pop('database', None)
    return (args,), opts