Well, is it necessary to use a DSN connection? With ADO it's possible to use DSN-less connections. Here's a connection string I use regularly (needs MDAC 2.6+).

my $ConnStr = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Se
+curity Info=False;Data Source=hostname;Initial Catalog=Database;";

my $AdoConn = new Win32::OLE("ADODB.Connection");
   $AdoConn->Open($ConnStr);

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If you need to specify a user, here is the syntax:

my $ConnStr = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;User Id=user; Password=password; Da
+ta Source=hostname; Initial Catalog=Database;";

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In reply to Re^3: Connecting to MS SQL using ADODB and ActivePerl by Solo
in thread Connecting to MS SQL using ADODB and ActivePerl by qadwjoh

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