use Try::Tiny; print "Connecting to MSSQL terminology database... "; try { $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:Driver={SQL Server};Server=$SqlDatabaseName;UID=$SqlDatabaseUser;PWD=$SqlDatabasePassword +", {PrintError => 0, RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => $AutoCommit, FetchHashKeyName => 'NAME_lc',}) ; $dbh->{'mysql_enable_utf8'} = 1; } catch { print "ERRRRRRRRRRRROR: $_\n"; # error in $_ };