On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 05:24:40PM -0400, Robert Denton wrote:
>
> $dbh = DBI->connect( $data_source, $username, $password );
>
> And my $data_source var is set to this:
>
> my $data_source = 'driver={SQL
> Server};Server=<192.168.0.149>;database=<userFeedback>;uid=<testUser>;
> pwd=<testPass>;';
That needs to have "dbi:ODBC:" at the start.
It's confusing because there term 'data source' (or DSN, Data Source Name)
refers to two different things: the "DBI DSN" and the "Driver DSN".
What you're using is the Driver DSN. Adding the dbi:ODBC: prefix turns
it into a DBI DSN.
Read the connect() section of the DBI docs again and let me know how it
could be improved.
For DBI 1.55 I've changed the message to read:
"Can't connect to data source '$dsn' because I can't work out what driver
to use (it doesn't seem to contain a 'dbi:driver:' prefix and DBI_DRIVER env
var is not set)"
Tim.
p.s. I've no idea if the value your using for $data_source is valid,
I just know DBI->connect needs the "dbi:ODBC:" at the start.
