use DBI; $dsn = 'LNB_HHH_APP'; $user = 'db_analyst'; $password = 'db_pass'; my $data_source = "dbi::Sybase:LNB_HHH_APP"; my $dbh = DBI->connect($data_source, $user, $password)||die "Can't connect to $data_source: $DBI::errstr"; #### Can't connect to data source LNB_HHH_APP, no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not se t at U:\scripts\sybase_test1.pl line 6