in reply to Re: MS Access database problem
in thread MS Access database problem

oops, looks like my manual search/replace didn't function well. Now that error looks right :P

So, I changed like you showed, and no dice. Same error

Any other thoughts?

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Re^3: MS Access database problem
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Nov 29, 2007 at 17:20 UTC
    vdubjunkie:

    OK then for the next step, let's just try to change the error message. Change the line:

    my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:$dstring","","");

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    my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};"
        . "SERVER=Bobs.pancake.hut;DATABASE=flapjacks;",
        "account","password");

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    Hopefully, instead of the error you're getting, you'll get one about not being able to connect.

    ...roboticus

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      Sorry if this double posts..

      So I changed like you said, however fixing some quoting issues.. 

      my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};","SERVER=Bobs.pa
+ncake.hut;DATABASE=flapjacks;","account","password");

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      I got the following errors: 
      DBI->connect using 'old-style' syntax is deprecated and will be an err
+or in futu
re versions at C:\temp\temp.pl line 14
install_driver(password) failed: Can't locate DBD/password.pm in @INC 
+(@INC cont
ains: C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at (eval 4) line 3.
Perhaps the DBD::password perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'password' isn't right.
Available drivers: DBM, ExampleP, File, Gofer, ODBC, Proxy, SQLite, Sp
+onge.
 at C:\temp\temp.pl line 14

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      Ok, so I slightly changed the line you put down as the quoting was a bit off.. 

      my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};","SERVER=Bobs.pa
+ncake.hut;DATABASE=flapjacks;","account","password");

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      and then I got the following error: 

      DBI->connect using 'old-style' syntax is deprecated and will be an err
+or in futu
re versions at C:\temp\temp.pl line 14
install_driver(password) failed: Can't locate DBD/password.pm in @INC 
+(@INC cont
ains: C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at (eval 4) line 3.
Perhaps the DBD::password perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'password' isn't right.
Available drivers: DBM, ExampleP, File, Gofer, ODBC, Proxy, SQLite, Sp
+onge.
 at C:\temp\temp.pl line 14

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        vdubjunkie:

        Hmmm ... what version of DBI & DBD::ODBC are you using? that works fine for me. (aside from the quoting probs).

        Update: Oh ... those weren't quoting problems. You changed a dot into a comma. (I only did that because I hate line wrapping in code samples.) Ultimately, it should be:

        my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};SERVER=Bobs.panca
+ke.hut;DATABASE=flapjacks;", "account","password");

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