I'm sending a moderately complex t-sql script at SQL server 2k via DBD::ODBC (can't find a win32 pm for ADO), which behaves perfectly within Query Analyser.

As soon as I execute the PERL script, it kicks out errors that suggest the DBD module is having problems with the script - misreading parts of the script maybe.

Particularly, this bit:

    declare @intpos int
    declare @intuser int
    declare  @dtlastpost varchar(30)
    set @intuser = (select userid from [$dbname].[dbo].[users] where [
+name] = '$user')    
    set @intpos = (select top 1 permissionid from [$dbname].[dbo].[sec
+urity] where [userid] = @intuser order by permissionid desc)
    set @dtlastpost = (SELECT top 1  [PostDate] FROM [$dbname].[dbo].[
+Messages] where userid = @intuser order by postdate desc    )

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produces:

Couldn't execute statement: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Se
+rver]Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'declare'. (SQL-42000)

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Is it possible that I have to break this into bits and run a seperate script for each stage?

Edit planetscape - added code tags

In reply to Limitations of DBI (or) DBD::ODBC ? by s_m_b

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