When using a provider string with a local SQL Server user, say "MyName" with a password "MyPassword", a typical string would look like this: 

use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects';

$strProvider = 'Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=MyServerName;Initial Cat
+alog=MyCatalog;';
$strProvider .= 'User Id=MyName;Password=MyPassword';
    
$strQuery = "SELECT 1 AS SystemName";
    
$objConn = CreateObject Win32::OLE "ADODB.Connection";
$objConn->Open($strProvider);

$objRS = $objConn->Execute($strQuery);
if ($objRS) {
    while ( !$objRS->EOF ) {
        my($SystemName) = ( $objRS->Fields('SystemName')->value );
        print "SystemName: ", $SystemName, "\n";
        $objRS->MoveNext;
    }
} else {
        print "This doesn't work!!!\n";
}

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This code should print a simple "1" as data... and this does indeed work. Now, if we go and add a Domain Name to the User, things don't work, and I can't figure out why... I've tried many different variations with the "/" (I've done double backslash, double forward slash, singles, even quads, but none of them work).

This is what the provider string would look like: 

$strProvider = 'Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=MyServerName;Initial Cat
+alog=MyCatalog;';
$strProvider .= 'User Id=MYMACHINE\MyName;Password=MyPassword';

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This doesn't work, and it's really bugging me... Anyone have any ideas as to how to get a user that has a domain name to connect to a SQL Server?

In reply to How can I add a Domain into the UserName of a Provider String using Win32::OLE by Incognito

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