hi all , i m using perl 5.8.6 , i m working on a project where i need to develop perl code for snmp & icmp n then storing the values retrived in an ms access database ...... i hav debugged that code ...but it gives "icmp socket error ". vot shud i do ........ 
#!/usr/bin/perl
                    
use strict; # important pragma

use warnings; # another important pragma

my @hostname;

@hostname = @ARGV;

use Win32::ODBC;

use Net::Ping;

my $db = new Win32::ODBC("DSN=anoop2") || die "error connecting" ;

Win32::ODBC::Error();

my @localtime= localtime (time);    #CONVERT THE TIMESTAMP INTO THE
                    #FOLLOWINGFORMAT SSMMHHMMDDYYYYPARSE THE DATA INTO
                    #LOCALTIME ARRAY. ADD 1TO THE MONTH AS COUNT
                     #STARTS FROM ZERO

my $timenow = ($localtime[4] + 1)."/".($localtime[3])."/".($localtime[
+5]+1900)."

".$localtime[2].":".$localtime[1].":".$localtime[0];

my $p = Net::Ping->new("icmp");    

$p->bind("127.0.0.1");         # Specify source interface of pings


if ($p->ping(@hostname,3))

{

  $db->sql("insert into chk(device,pngtm,status) values('@hostname','$
+timenow','yes') ;");

  $db->sql(" commit ;");

}

else

{

  $db->sql("insert into chk(device,pngtm,status) values('@hostname','$
+timenow','No') ;");

  $db->sql(" commit ;");

};

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