use constant DBDRIVE => "ODBC"; use constant DBNAME => "informix"; use constant DBUSER => "user"; use constant DBPASS => "pass"; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:".DBDRIVE.":".DBNAME,DBUSER,DBPASS, {RaiseError=>0,PrintError=>0,AutoCommit=>1}) or die $DBI::errstr; $dbh->do("execute procedure sp_test('2010-05-01 00:00:00')") or warn "failed\n"; $dbh->disconnect();