use strict; use DBI; $| = 1; my $server_name = 'server name'; my $database_name = 'database name; my $user = 'database user name'; my $password = 'database password'; my $DSN = "DRIVER={SQL Server};Database=$database_name;Server=$server_name;uid=$user;pwd=$password; Trusted_Connection=False"; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN", $user, $password) || die "Couldn't open database: $DBI::errstr\n"; $dbh->disconnect(); #### DBI connect(' ') failed: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed for user 'company\lsxo'. (SQL-28000) at c:/TEMP/connect2.pl line 14