FWIW, I have Randy Kobes' modperl/apache distribution installed on NT 4.0 as a service. It appears to execute successfully using ODBC against an Access database locally and a DB2 database on a remote machine. John D Groenveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/15/99 03:28:23 PM To: "Gerald Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bcc: John Arnold/DTC) Subject: Re: Win32+PerlModule works !!! > Did you try to compile mod_perl with > > #define PERL_STARTUP_DONE_CHECK 1 > > at the top of the mod_perl.h? This may solve your problem. Yes, without that define, DBI breaks and I can't run from the command line without -X Very frustrating, but no more so than the typical experience of using NT. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]