You can use Win32::ODBC but you are then restricting yourself to a M$ platform, possibly not much of a restriction but DBI is pretty simple to use. If the module was not found then you can download it from cpan , there is a nice searchable interface here . If you want to go direct to the DBI home page look here You will need the ODBC module DBD::ODBC to connect to sqlserver. This may sound a more cumbersome route but it will mean that your code will be nice and generic. You will only have to write DBI code (which is nice as DBI is nice).

You may want to check out the nodes:

I hope this helps a bit
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Zigster

In reply to Re: Database by zigster
in thread Database by Anonymous Monk

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