Re^2: windows sybase error messages

[martymart]

Thanks for the quick response,
I did in fact install the Open Client and ODBC drivers for Sybase 12.0. Is this what you mean?
Plus I was able to connect to this database from the same windows machine using some db client software. As for an interfaces file, I don't really know about that, although I did have to make an entry into the file: C:\sybase\ini\sql.ini to get the client software to work. So yes, I can logon to the database.

[VSarkiss]

Yes, I did mean the Open Client (you don't need ODBC for DBD::Sybase) and sql.ini. It's just that sql.ini is called interfaces on Unix-like systems.

If you can connect with any SQL client on that box, then your parameter to DBI->connect is probably incorrect. If you have the server name registered, try not including the host and port, just use the name:

my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Sybase:server=the_server', $user, $passwor
+d);
$dbh->do("use Reportingdb");  # guessing from your error message

And see if that does the trick.