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# See http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=183417

package DBC;
use DBI;

my $dbh;

sub new { return __PACKAGE__ }

sub connect {
    my ($pointless, $details) = @_;


    my $server   = $details->{server}   || 'default_server';
    my $database = $details->{database} || 'default_database';
    my $user     = $details->{user}     || 'default_user';
    my $password = $details->{password} || 'default_password'; 

    my $DSN = 
       "driver=\{SQL Server\}; 
        Server=$server; 
        database=$database; 
        uid=$user; 
        pwd=$password;"; 

    $dbh ||= DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN") or die "$DBI::errstr\n";

}

1;

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And now, when you need connectivity -

use DBC;

my $dbh = DBC->connect({

    database => 'MyDB', 
    user     => 'me', 
    password => 'psw'

});

my $sql = qq{ 

    select 
        mycol, 
        myothercol 
    from 
        mytable 
    where 
        myothercol = 'foo' 
};

my $qr = $dbh->selectall_arrayref($sql)

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In reply to Re: Perl connect to Microsoft SQL 2000 by EdwardG
in thread Perl connect to Microsoft SQL 2000 by Anonymous Monk

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