you definitely have your work cut out as microsoft expects a local DataSource to have all the DB connection info which of course you do not have on a nix box
from what I gather from CPAN this is the official release http://search.cpan.org/~evo/DBIx-SQLEngine-0.93/SQLEngine/Driver/MSSQL.pm I also saw this workaround on google http://freetds.org/userguide/perl.htm#DBD.SYBASE maybe some of the perl gurus such as tim bunce will have more info... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moon, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 10:49 AM Subject: RE: Connecting to Database Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 8:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Connecting to Database Hello At the present time I am using Perl, cgi, Apache Web Page, SQL, and SYBASE database on a unix server(SUN Fire V 880). I have no problem accessing the Sybase database, fetching records and display them on the web page. My Available Database Drivers are. DBM ExampleP File Proxy Sponge Sybase Now, I would like to connect to another database on a Microsoft SQL Server, using Perl from my unix server. What do I need? Where can I get information? (book or web page) Thanks Oscar Here's one article... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/connectingtosqlse rverusingperlwin32odbc/863/
