I am playing with dbi:ODBC and the Port parameter. How is it possible that if I change Port to any number, the connection never fails?

my $ODBCdriver = 'SQL Server';
my $SQLserver = 'FC4FA9\SQLEXPRESS';
my $SQLdatabase = 'test';
my $SQLuser = 'username';
my $SQLpassword = 'password';
my $SQLport = '12345';

$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:Driver={$ODBCdriver};Server=$SQLserver;D
+atabase=$SQLdatabase;UID=$SQLuser;PWD=$SQLpassword;Port=$SQLport", {P
+rintError => 0, RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => $AutoCommit, FetchHash
+KeyName => 'NAME_lc'}) or die "Can't connect to the database: $DBI::e
+rrstr\n";

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The database is listening on 1433 (Windows)

In reply to dbi:ODBC change Port by Anonymous Monk

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