my $userid = q{}; my $password = q{}; my $strCnn = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source=$Servername; Initial Catalog=$Tablename; Integrated Security=SSPI;"; $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi:ADO:$strCnn", $userid, $password, { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 0 } ) or croak "Cannot connect: $DBI::errstr";