Haven't used this module, so this is just a guess. From the documentation:

my $xmlout = DBIx::XML_RDB->new($datasource,
          "ODBC", $userid, $password, $dbname) || die "Failed to make 
+new xmlout";
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In your code, you don't appear to be specifying a database name. If this is the issue, the error message is very misleading.

DBI has a trace method. I'm assuming that you can access this to dump debugging information. It often results in a lot of stuff to wade through, but it lets you see what DBI is doing "under the hood".

I know this is just a shot in the dark, but I hope it helps.

Cheers,
Ovid

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