Dear Sir, I have downloaded DBI-1.15. I tried installing it. The tests failed. I am using PMAKE to prepare an install program. The error is as follows: "can't locate loadable object for module DBI in @INC." I am also providing you with the procedure i adopted to install DBI step 1: I checked my perl version. It is active-state perl 5.6.0 step 2: I gave the command pmake makefile.pl err: "can't 'MAKE', - no target makefile.pl at Make.pm line 1164. step 3: On command >pmake pro: Reading Make.pm Reading /..>makefile ... err: The name specified is not recognized as an internal or an external command, operable program or batch file. step 4: On command >pmake test pro: Reading Make.pm Reading /..>makefile ... err: The name specified is not recognized as an internal or an external command, operable program or batch file. Please tell me where I am wrong. Is there any setup kit, so that I can install the DBI module easily. With this, I also request you to give a suggession to connect to mySQL without using DBI. Can I connect to mySQL database using win32::ODBC. If yes, please give me code details on how to connect using this. waiting for a positive response, -harish