UPDATE: DBD::mysql will not install on mac or windows... this is my problem. Anyone have instructions on how to set up DBD::myssql on a mac (lion)? Folks, its been over 6 years since I coded perl and am having trouble with something so simple but cannot recall what I need to do a would appreciate someone to point me in the right direction. Please use simple terms too as my technical vocal has suffered :P 
DBI connect('d60380940:192.168.1.3','HASH(0x238b3c)',...) failed: [Mic
+rosoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no defaul
+t driver specified (SQL-IM002) at CRTDBTBL.pl line 46
Cannot connect to the database
  ERROR: 1 ([Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not foun
+d and no d
efault driver specified (SQL-IM002))

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I have the DB installed on windows, using 5.12. The password and users name I am using is root and the db and ip are correct - I use the same info on a mac client to connect to the db no problem (mac app, not command line). I am not even sure what data source name means. Sorry for the bad post, but I need to get something accomplished tonight and have already spent hours online trying to solve it. Thanks for your time, S 
sub open_dbi {
    # Declare and initialize variables
    my $host = '192.168.1.3';
    my $db = d60380940;
    my $db_user = root;
    my $db_password = root;

    # Connect to the requested server
#    my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:$db:$host", "$db_user", "$db_pa
+ssword", {RaiseError => 0, PrintError => 0} ) or err_trap("Cannot con
+nect to the database");
    my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:d60380940:192.168.1.3", {RaiseErr
+or => 0, PrintError => 0} ) or err_trap("Cannot connect to the databa
+se");
    return $dbh;
}

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