Unsuccessfully I have been trying to connect to a remote Sybase database called ‘LNB_HHH_APP’ by using the Win32::ODBC module!

The ODBC administrator software on my local WinXP PC confirms that a valid user DSN name been created for the Sybase database, and drive listed of this database is the ‘DataDirect 4.0 Sybase Wire Protocol’. I have successfully tested the connection to the database by using the ‘Test Connect’ within the ODBC admin software after supplying the required login credentials.

I used the following bit of code to connect to the database – I have used the same code successfully in the past to connect to other MS Access database, so I thought that I could use it to connect to the Sybase instead! Maybe not. 
use strict;
use warnings 'all';
use Win32;
use Win32::ODBC;
my $dsn = "LNB_HHH_APP";
if (!(my $db = new Win32::ODBC($dsn)))
{
    print "\nError connecting to $dsn\n\n";
    print "\nError: " . Win32::ODBC::Error() . "\n";
    exit;
}

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The errors I received were; 
Error connecting to LNB_HHH_APP


Error: [911] [] "[MERANT][ODBC Sybase Wire Protocol driver]Insufficien
+t information to connect to the data source."

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Can someone please shed some light on to this and why am I not able to connect successfully to the Sybase database? Is it to do with credentials? And How can I incorporate the user name and password to connect to the database within my script? Or do I need different Perl module for Sybase or another driver?

Thanks for the help

In reply to Connecting to Sybase using Win32::ODBC by blackadder

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