use DBI; use DBD::ODBC; my ( $data_source, $database, $user_id, $password ) = qw( server datab +ase user password ); my $conn_string = "driver={SQL Server};Server=$data_source;Database=$d +atabase;UID=$user_id;PWD=$password"; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:ODBC:$conn_string" ) or die $DBI::errstr; my $sql = "SELECT * FROM tbl_Foo (NOLOCK)"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql ); $sth->execute; while ( my $result = $sth->fetchrow_hashref ) { # Your fields can be accessed through the $result hashref, for exa +mple: print $result->{First_Name}; } $dbh->disconnect; #### $ perl a.pl Can't locate DBD/ODBC.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.12.3 /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at a.pl line 2. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at a.pl line 2. #### /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DBI/Const/GetInfo/ODBC.pm /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DBI/W32ODBC.pm /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Win32/DBIODBC.pm /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.9/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DBI/Const/GetInfo/ODBC.pm /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.9/darwin-thread-multi-2level/DBI/W32ODBC.pm /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.9/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Win32/DBIODBC.pm /Users/Julio/.cpan/build/DBI-1.616-7KkONo/blib/lib/DBI/Const/GetInfo/ODBC.pm /Users/Julio/.cpan/build/DBI-1.616-7KkONo/blib/lib/DBI/W32ODBC.pm /Users/Julio/.cpan/build/DBI-1.616-7KkONo/blib/lib/Win32/DBIODBC.pm /Users/Julio/.cpan/build/DBI-1.616-7KkONo/lib/DBI/Const/GetInfo/ODBC.pm /Users/Julio/.cpan/build/DBI-1.616-7KkONo/lib/DBI/W32ODBC.pm /Users/Julio/.cpan/build/DBI-1.616-7KkONo/lib/Win32/DBIODBC.pm /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level/DBI/Const/GetInfo/ODBC.pm /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level/DBI/W32ODBC.pm /opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3/darwin-multi-2level/Win32/DBIODBC.pm