my %opts=(GetOptions(
           'help|?'     => \$help,
           'server'     => \$server,
           'user'     => \$user,
           'password'     => \$password
          ));

##</code><code>##

GetOptions (\%opts,
      qw(	help|h|?
           	server=s
           	user=s
           	password=s
          ));

##</code><code>##

    &Help;
}

##</code><code>##

    &Help;
}
elsif( defined $opts{server} && defined $opts{user} && defined $opts{password} ) {
	my $mytime=(time);
        ...
}
else {
        &Help;
}

##</code><code>##

my $dbh;
my $DSN = "driver={SQL Server};Server=$opts{server};database=$database;";
if ($dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$DSN","$opts{user}","$opts{password}")) {
	&Logger ("...Success: connected to database $opts{server}\\$database\n");
}
else {
	&Logger("ERROR       - Cannot connect to DB: $dbh->errstr()\n");
}

##</code><code>##

my $query = "select * from sometable";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
for my $rec (@records) {
	$sth->execute(@$rec);
}
$setsth->finish();

##</code><code>##

$setsth->execute(@$rec);

##</code><code>##

$sth->execute(@$rec);