Hi all, Here's more info on the ODBC not connecting problem. It doesn't seem to provide much insight, maybe you'll have better luck though ...
----- Here's a DBI trace of a simple connect attempt: DBI 1.21-nothread dispatch trace level set to 2 Note: perl is running without the recommended perl -w option -> DBI->connect(DBI:ODBC:HOMER, omodify, ****, ) -> DBI->install_driver(ODBC) for linux perl=5.006 pid=23194 ruid=0 euid=0 install_driver: DBD::ODBC version 0.38 loaded from /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/DBD/ODBC.pm <- install_driver= DBI::dr=HASH(0x8182b78) -> connect for DBD::ODBC::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x8182b78)~0x8158388 'HOMER' 'omodify' **** HASH(0x815ec18)) Driver connect 'HOMER', 'omodify', 'xxxx' SQLConnect 'HOMER', 'omodify', 'xxxx' dbd_error: SQLError returned -2 unexpectedly. dbd_error: SQLError returned -2 unexpectedly. dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption error -2 recorded: (Unable to fetch information about the error)(DBD: dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption err=-2) !! ERROR: -2 '(Unable to fetch information about the error)(DBD: dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption err=-2)' <- connect= undef at DBI.pm line 471 -> errstr in DBD::_::common for DBD::ODBC::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x8182b78)~0x8158388) <- errstr= '(Unable to fetch information about the error)(DBD: dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption err=-2)' at DBI.pm line 472 DBI->connect(HOMER) failed: (Unable to fetch information about the error)(DBD: dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption err=-2) at ../testODBC.pl line 11 DBI->connect(HOMER) failed: (Unable to fetch information about the error)(DBD: dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption err=-2) -> $DBI::errstr (&) FETCH from lasth=DBI::dr=HASH(0x8158388) >> DBD::ODBC::dr::errstr -> $DBI::errstr (&) FETCH from lasth=DBI::dr=HASH(0x8158388) >> DBD::ODBC::dr::errstr (Unable to fetch information about the error)(DBD: dbd_db_login/SQLSetConnectOption err=-2) at ../testODBC.pl line 11. -> DESTROY for DBD::ODBC::db (DBI::db=HASH(0x81582d4)~INNER) DESTROY for DBI::db=HASH(0x81582d4) ignored - handle not initialised <- DESTROY= undef -- DBI::END -> disconnect_all for DBD::ODBC::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x8182b78)~0x8158388) <- disconnect_all= '' at DBI.pm line 533 -> DESTROY in DBD::_::common for DBD::ODBC::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x8158388)~INNER) <- DESTROY= undef during global destruction __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com