----------------------- Paste code example 1 #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; use DBD::ODBC; my $DSN = 'driver={SQL Server};Server=Server05;database=Payroll;uid=JohnSmith;' my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN") or die "$DBI::errstr\n"; ---------------------- End Paste code example 1