I'm back with more SQL Server questions. I have installed the DBD ODBC driver. I read something somewhere about a ODBC driver manager..?? I'm trying to connect to SQL Server 2005 server from my Windows XP machine to no avail. I'm really confused on this Data Source Name. Ive created a new System Data Source in the Microsoft Data Source Administrator program called SQLSERVER. Im using this code to try and connect: 
my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:SQLSERVER', 'user', 'pass');

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And I get this error: 
DBI connect('SQLSERVER','user',...) failed: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Serve
+r Driver][
TCP/IP Sockets]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. (SQL-08001)
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][TCP/IP Sockets]ConnectionOpen (Con
+nect()). (
SQL-01000)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1) at db_config.pl line 16

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