use strict; use Win32::OLE; my $uid = 'myUID'; my $pwd = 'myPwd'; my $dsn = 'myDSN'; my $conn = new Win32::OLE ('ADODB.Connection'); $conn->Open("DSN=$dsn;UID=$uid;PWD=$pwd;") or die "Cannot connect : " . Win32::OLE::LastError(); $conn->Close; #### Cannot connect : 0 at adodb.pl line 12