----------------------- Paste code example 2 #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; use DBD::ODBC; my $DSN = 'driver={SQL Server};Server=10.0.0.53:1433;Database=Payroll;Uid=JohnSmith;Pwd=Hello;'; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN") or die ($DBI::errstr . "\n"); ---------------------- End Paste code example 2