----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Goland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 6:33 PM Subject: Re: SQL2000
> Jenda, > Thanks you are correct as usual. I do need to connect to MS SQL Server. > DB Stuff is a new task for me. Are there ODBC Drivers for Unix servers ?? Or > Alternative ways of accessing MS SQL from Unix servers ?? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jenda Krynicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 6:24 PM > Subject: Re: SQL2000 > > > > Subject: SQL2000 > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Not sure if this is the right list to ask this question but this is > > > the best list to get answares so I am going to give it a shot. I am > > > trying to connect to SQL2000 server from a winXP box. I keep on > > > failing with same error, any help would be apreciate > > > d > > > > > > #!PERl > > > use warnings; > > > use strict; > > > use Net::MySQL; > > > > I thought you said SQL2000 and meant Microsoft SQL Server 2000! > > > > > use DBI; > > > $|=1; > > > > > > > > > my $user='xxx'; > > > my $password = '....'; > > > my $database = "nnsdata_ptest"; > > > my $hostname='somehost.com; > > > my $port = '1444'; > > > > > > > > > my $dsn = "host=$hostname;port=$port"; > > > my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$dsn", $user, $password); > > > > Again I thought you meant MS SQL Server 2000, not mysql. > > That's a completely different and totally incompatible database! > > > > You want to use DBD::ODBC, not DBD::mysql > > > > Try: > > > > my $DSN = "driver=SQL Server;Server=$hostname;Database=$database'; > > my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:$dsn", $user, $password); Hmm Still fails, now I get : main::count() called too early to check prototype at C:\temp\perl\te.pl line 64. DBI connect('driver=SQL Server;Server=mysite.com;Database=nnsdata_ptest','username',...) failed: at C:\t emp\perl\te.pl line 24 > > > > HTH, Jenda > > ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== > > When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed > > to get drunk and croon as much as they like. > > -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>