On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:28:52PM -0500, Kuang, Jeff - Raleigh, NC wrote: > OS: NT4 SP6 > > $dbh = DBI->connect('$dns','$user_name','$password') or die "Didn't make > it\n$DBI::errstr\n";
The single quotes cause the variable to be seen as literal. So instead using of the value of $dns to establish the connection, DBI is using the string $dns. Remove the single quotes for around the variables. T