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You can, if you want to, use Win32::OLE to imitate the behaviour of the VB code:
sub open_conn { use Win32::OLE; use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects'; $oConn = Win32::OLE->new('ADODB.Connection'); # creates a connection +object my $connectionString = '"Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;DataSource=iblons3506\oi +_c1_prd4;InitialCatalog=OMDPortal;UserID=OMDPortal_General;Password=o +BfuScaTed;'; $oConn->Open ($connectionString); }

But with any luck the answers provided by the other monks have already got you on your way.
You can run your SQL with $oConn->Execute($sql_command)