Guess the windows stuff wouldn't be much help then :) I suppose there must be also be a need to tell Unix what ODBC driver to use for a particular database, but I have no idea how you do that, sorry.
Ralph -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 November 2002 13:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: accessing access Ralph, I am running on a SUN Unix system. I have DBI installed, but I guess I am missing this part of it. Regards, Jerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: accessing access Have you set up your ODBC driver via Control Panel (or Computer Management in W2K)? Ralph -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Preston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 November 2002 13:05 To: Beginners Perl Subject: accessing access Hi! I am trying to access an access mdb file for the first time. I get the following error: Can't connect(dbi::ODBC:pfawtbls.mdb ), no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not set at jfa_data.pl line 147 for the code: my $dbh = DBI->connect( "dbi::ODBC:pfawtbls.mdb", "", "", ) or die "Unable to connect: ". $DBI::errstr. "<br>"; What am I missing? Thanks, Jerry ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
