#!/usr/bin/env perl -w use strict; use 5.010; use DBI; my $DEBUG = 1; &db_connect( 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ); sub db_connect { my ($srvr, $usr, $pwd) = @_; my $DSN = "dbi:ODBC:Server=$srvr; UID=$usr;PWD=$pwd"; $DEBUG && say $DSN; my $dbh=DBI->connect($DSN, { RaiseError => 1 }); } __END__