use Win32::TieRegistry #### ## create_dsn($dsn, $pointer, @servers) ## Creates a DSN named $dsn pointing to $pointer on servers named @servers sub create_dsn { my $dsn = shift(@_); my $pointer = shift(@_); my @servers = @_; foreach my $server (@servers) { my $ref = $Registry->{"//$server/LMachine/Software/ODBC/ODBC.INI/"}; if (not exists $ref->{"$dsn/server"}) { print "$server: Creating DSN $dsn, setting to $pointer... "; $ref->{"$dsn/"} = { 'Description' => "", 'Server' => "$pointer", 'Database' => "$dsn", 'Driver' => "C:\\WINNT\\System32\\SQLSRV32.dll", 'OEMTOANSI' => "YES", 'UseProcForPrepare' => "YES", 'TrustedConnection' => "", }; print " done\n"; print "$server: Updating ODBC Data Sources list... "; $ref->{"ODBC Data Sources/$dsn"} = "SQL Server"; print " done\n"; } else { print "$server: DSN $dsn already exists!\n"; } } print "\n\tRemember to edit the new DSNs with username and password!\n"; }