How do I connect with Perl to SQL Server?

Question

I have a user id, password, database name and datasource details. I want to connect with Perl to a MSSQL server. I just used the following snippet, but I am getting an error.

Answer 1

Everything following 'dbi:ODBC:' in your connection string is passed to the ODBC driver. For MSSQL, try this connection string:

DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:Driver={SQL Server};Server=192.168.3.137;UID=$user;PWD=$password")

You can find some more alternatives on connectionstrings.com