use DBI; $dsn = 'dbi::Sybase:MY_Sybase_DB'; $user = 'db_analyst'; $password = 'db_pass'; $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$user, $passwd); #### Can't connect to data source My_Sybase_db, no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not se t at U:\scripts\dbi_test1.pl line 5