Just my opinion, but I don't think this is good advice. For
one, it creates extra administration on the system, by
forcing the user/programmer /sysadmin/webadmin to create an
ODBC DSN setting for every new setup. For two, DBI and ODBC
both support dynamic DSNs, so why not use them?
If
From: Kevin Carothers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/03/30 Wed PM 06:44:48 CST
1. Create an ODBC connection via %SystemRoot%\system32\odbcad32.exe
Call the database connect name ODBCName
2. In your Perl code add:
[---]
use DBI;
[---]
$dbh =
