#! perl -w scipt use strict; use DBI; use DBD::ODBC; my ( $data_source, $database, $user_id, $password ) = qw( ip_adddreaa First natt silver ); #not real my $conn_string = "driver={SQL Server}; Server=$data_source; Database=$database; UID=$user_id; PWD=$password"; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:ODBC:$conn_string" ) or die $DBI::errstr; my $user_specified_table_name = "Doncaster_Deaths 1975_onwards_slim_D"; create_table($user_specified_table_name); sub create_table ($) { my($table_name) = $_; if (my $table_name eq /Doncaster_Deaths_1975_onwards_slim_D/){ my $sql = qq{ CREATE TABLE Doncaster_Deaths_1975_onwards_slim_D (year_of_death int NOT NULL, ageyears int NOT NULL, sex int NULL, undcause varchar(5) NULL, oacode varchar(10) NULL, )}; $dbh->do($sql); $dbh->disconnect(); } } #### C:\Documents and Settings\Matthew\2003\Perl\November\7_11_03>perl Creating_tabl e_B.pl main::create_table() called too early to check prototype at Creating_table_B.pl line 14. Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at Creating_table_B.pl line 22 . Use of uninitialized value in string eq at Creating_table_B.pl line 22.