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";