Hi Streen,

Try: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DBI;

my $dbhost = 'MUCSQL64';
my $dbuser = 'User';
my $dbpass = 'Password';
my $dbname = 'LotTracking';
my $dbh;    #Database Handler

my $DSN = 'driver={SQL Server};Server=$dbhost;database=$dbname;uid=$db
+user;pwd=$dbpass;'; 
my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN") or die $DBI::errstr\n";

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From the DBD::ODBC documentation (where it "says Connect without DSN The ability to connect without a full DSN is introduced in version 0.21.").
I am sure this has been covered before, a Super Search would have been a good idea.
Let me know how you get on.

Martin

Updated: Fixed typo thanks to arunvelusamy

In reply to Re: Trying to connect to a MsSql Database by marto
in thread Trying to connect to a MsSql Database by Streen

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