The issue I am having with perl is simply in regard to calling a database from perl. Perhaps my code is not long enough or I'm not coding it properly. I'm attempting to connect to a database that resides in SQL Server 2014 and I'm attempting to access it locally. My code is as follows:

  #!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use DBI;

my $AJsql = "AJsql";

my $dsn = "dbi:ODBC:dsn=$AJsql";

my $dbh = DBI -> connect("dbi:ODBC:$AJsql;SERVER=CND4290H26") or die 
"Couldn't open database";


my $sth = $dbh->prepare(q{SELECT * FROM Games}) or die
"Couldn't create statement";

$sth->execute() or die "couldn't execute";

print $sth;


$dbh->disconnect;

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The error I'm continually getting is, "Data source name not found and no default driver specified. <SQL-IM002> at script.pl line 11." That error is specifying directly to the connect statement. Any help at all is appreciated.

In reply to Database connection issue by Azard

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