Thank you everyone who responded and to Tim and Jeff: The reason the server generates an error is because there are 2 flags which can be set when you create the DSN:
Use ANSI quoted identifiers Use ANSI null, padding and warning And they were both selected. De-selecting "Use ANSI null, padding and warning" fixed the issue. This may only be an issue on Win32. Does anyone know how to check/set this attribute using DBI so I don't have to instruct a user on changing his DSN? ( I don't see this option mentioned in DBD::ODBC ) Thanks. James
