Win32::ODBC::ConfigDSN(ODBC_ADD_DSN, $DriverType,("DSN=$DSN", "Description=MAO Win32 ODBC Test DSN for Perl", "DBQ=$Dir", "DEFAULTDIR=$Dir", "UID=", "PWD=")) or die "ConfigDSN(): Could not add temporary DSN" . Win32::ODBC::Error(); $db=new Win32::ODBC($DSN) or die "couldn't ODBC $DSN because ", Win32::ODBC::Error(), "\n";