Hi monks, I'm having trouble connecting to SQL Server (error message listed below) and my searches haven't found a scenario similar to mine. I've both DBI and DBD-ODBC installed, I ended up installing them via the CPAN shell, I've a feeling I need to redo the installs. If so, do I delete the files in C:\Perl\cpan\build ? Or what are the steps to get rid of any files/modules associated with these installs and start from scratch? Can you give me guidance on this problem? Thanks very much. Troubleshooting: * I'm able to connect via ADO. * I've added various 'use lib' lines (to no avail) such as: use lib "C:/Perl/cpan/build/"; Error Message: Can't locate auto/DBI/connection.al in @INC(@INC contains: C:/Perl/site/lib/ C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at testscript.pl line 40 Other notes: * I'm new to Perl * I'm running ActivePerl on WinXP * my script follows: use DBI; my $dbh = DBI -> connection("DBI:ODBC:xxxxxxx"); die "connect prob: " . DBI -> errstr() unless $dbh; print "db connected"; $dbh -> discconnect();

In reply to Can't locate auto/DBI/connection.al in @INC by goso

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