ok folks,

I have search and tried solutions for 2k and nt but still can't get dbd::odbc installed on an xp machine.

Installed activeperl 5.10.0. build 1002

Installed DBI 1.602

Then i read that DBD::ODBC came with activeperl 5 so i went into ppm, looked at all packages.. found dbd::odbc, right clicked and said install. it seemed to install but now i can't find it anymore on ethier the all packages or the installed packages.

when i try and run my perl script i get the following error:

install_driver(ODBC) failed: Can't locate DBD/ODBC.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C: /Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at (eval 5) line 3. Perhaps the DBD::ODBC perl module hasn't been fully installed, or perhaps the capitalisation of 'ODBC' isn't right. Available drivers: DBM, ExampleP, File, Gofer, Proxy, SQLite, Sponge.

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Applicable code:

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<code>

#!/usr/bin/perl

use DBI;
use File::Copy;

# Assign Path and File Names

$outfilepath= '"S:\Reports\"';
$outfile= "RepInv.pdf";
$DBappfilepath = '"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\msaccess.exe"' ;
$DBfilepath = '"D:\\Data\\Databases\\Weekly.accdb"';
$Macro = "\/X InvRptMacro";
$ExecuteString = "$DBappfilepath $DBfilepath $Macro";

# Establish Date Prefix for Output Filename

$day = (localtime) 3;
$day = substr ("0$day",length ("0$day")-2,2);
$month = (localtime) 4 + 1;
$month = substr ("0$month",length ("0$month")-2,2);
$year = (localtime) 5 + 1900;
$filename = "$year$month$day";

#open connection to Access database

$dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:Mapics - MM CAD');

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Please let me know if you need anything else from me to help!

thanks

jim