the login and password were just put there to "protect the innocent". Regards of which, it doesn't even get that far to give me an error with the login/pw. The error suggests that the DBD::Sybase module was either not loaded 100%, missing something, or not working. I've tried to contact the creator of that package, but no response yet. I'll try adding in your suggestion of the ENV variable. Though - I'm thinking that today I may try to remove/re-install the module. Maybe even try an earlier version of it. Thanks