I have done both DSN only (UID and PASSWD in a DSN) and "DSNless" with everything in the connection string. DBI also provides for sepparation of the connection string and the UID/PASSWORD - but i have had troubles using both at the same time.

Honestly, I think that DBI is a better way to go to begin with - it is more portable for one (and the clients are always changing platforms on me - so that is a plus for me at least!) and as I delve deeper into all the modules that use/support it (like my Fetchall-Answer concerning HTML::Template) I really like some of the things it simplifies becuase of that support from the other mods.

Update: I use ActiveState Perl heavily in my dev process, and so am tempted to use alot of the Win32 stuff, but every time that I do - it bites me in the butt. Either due to client changes in spec, or inability of the Win32 to work as well period. Hence the fondness of a more portable solution like DBI/DBD.

*G*

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Win32::ODBC vs. Win/MSSQL 2000 by growlf
in thread Win32::ODBC vs. Win/MSSQL 2000 by Ardenstone

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