my $sqlserver = 'SERVERNAME'; my $sqldb = 'DBNAME'; my $dbs = "dbi:ODBC:Driver=SQL Server;Database=$sqldb;Server=$sqlserver;Trusted_Connection=yes"; my $dbhandle = DBI->connect($dbs, undef, undef, {RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1}) or die DBI->errstr();