in reply to Installing DBD::Sybase.

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Re^2: Installing DBD::Sybase.
by blackadder (Hermit) on Jul 06, 2004 at 09:56 UTC
    Hi, I have managed to install the package throught its PPM file,..Thanks

    However, when I run this script; 
    use strict;
use DBI;
my $dsn = 'dbi:Sybase:LNQ_HYDRA_APPS';
my $user = 'hydra_analyst';
my $passwd = 'hydra_analyst';
my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $passwd);

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    I get this error; 
    U:\scripts>odbc_test1.pl
DBI connect('LNQ_HYDRA_APPS','hydra_analyst',...) failed: OpenClient m
+essage: LA
YER = (6) ORIGIN = (8) SEVERITY = (5) NUMBER = (3)
Server LNQ_HYDRA_APPS, database
Message String: ct_connect(): directory service layer: internal direct
+ory contro
l layer error: Requested server name not found.
 at U:\scripts\odbc_test1.pl line 6

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    The parameters (i.e user name, password and database DSN name) are 100% correct! Any idea please why is this happening?

    Thanks indeed.
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      It looks to me very much like there is some Sybase client configuration required - you will need to put the server in the SQL.ini file as described in the documentation

      /J\

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