Error connecting to MS SQL when running in Apache

[Paul Russell]

I am having a problem moving a perl script I am using on the command line
into apache due to an error connecting to MS SQL.

My Environment:
Windows 2K professional
SQL Server 2000
Apache 2
Perl 5.6.1
DBD::ODBC v 0.28

Here is the problem:

When run on the command line I am able to connect to the DB with no problem
using the following code:

my $db_handle = DBI->connect( 'DBI:ODBC:local_db', �username�, 'password',
{ RaiseError => 1 } );

All is well except that I�m running on windows and using MS SQL�. ;)


The problem arises when I use this same code in a CGI running in apache I
receive the following error.

            [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and
no default driver specified (SQL-IM002)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1)

I realize that apache probably needs more information in order to connect to
the DB, so I have tried several ways of defining the DSN. One of them
follows:

            my $db_handle = DBI->connect(
'DBI:ODBC:local_db@servername:1433', �username�, 'password', { RaiseError =>
1 } );


No matter how I attempt to define the connection, it always gives me the
same error:

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default
driver specified (SQL-IM002)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1)


I know I�m missing something simple, but I�m at a loss. How do I get a CGI
that works on the command line to connect to a DB when running in apache?


Thanks in advance!

Paul


Paul Russell
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