Perl DBI SQL SERVER CONNECTIVITY ISSUES - sql-server

Question

Very new to Perl. I am having issues trying to get DBI to communicate to a SQL server 2008 DB.
I get the following error when I try and connect to SQL Servereveb when I try to use ODBC or directly.
I am new to Perl, can someone please assist...thanks
install_driver(MSSQL) failed: Can't locate object method "set_sql" via package "Class::DBI::MSSQL" at C:/Perl/lib/DBD/MSSQL.pm line 79. Compilation failed in require at (eval 19)C:/Perl/site/lib/DBI.pm:744 line 3.
use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use Class::DBI::Loader;
use DBI;
use File::Glob ':glob';
my $DBUserName = "*******";
my $DBPassword = "*******";
my $DBName = "dbi:MSSQL:uat-dbserver1";
my $dbh = "";
my $sqlStatement = "";
my $sqlCmd = "";
my #EasySetTableNames = ();
$dbh = DBI->connect( $DBName, $DBUserName, $DBPassword,
{ PrintError => 0, AutoCommit => 0})
|| die "Database connection creation failed: $DBI::errstr\n";
$sqlStatement = "SELECT * from tableA ";
$sqlCmd = $dbh->prepare($sqlStatement);
$sqlCmd->execute();
#EasySetTableNames = #{$dbh->selectcol_arrayref($sqlStatement)};
print "hi";
and via ODBC
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DBI;
# Replace datasource_name with the name of your data source.
# Replace database_username and database_password
# with the SQL Server database username and password.
my $data_source = "dbi:MSSQL:test";
my $user = "test";
my $password = "test";
# Connect to the data source and get a handle for that connection.
my $dbh = DBI->connect($data_source, $user, $password)
or die "Can't connect to $data_source: $DBI::errstr";
# This query generates a result set with one record in it.
my $sql = "SELECT 1 AS test_col";
# Prepare the statement.
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql)
or die "Can't prepare statement: $DBI::errstr";
# Execute the statement.
$sth->execute();
# Print the column name.
print "$sth->{NAME}->[0]\n";
# Fetch and display the result set value.
while ( my #row = $sth->fetchrow_array ) {
print "#row\n";
}
# Disconnect the database from the database handle.
$dbh->disconnect;
Any help you can provide would be so appreciated.

Answer 1

I usually use the ODBC driver from within the dbi and this is how I would usually hit sql server (2008 r2)
#!/export/appl/pkgs/perl/5.8.4-fiq/bin/perl
#!/usr/bin/perl
#!/bin/sh
use strict;
use DBI;
use Time::localtime;
use Data::Dumper;
my $dsn = 'DBI:ODBC:Driver={SQL Server}';
my $host = 'xxx\yyy';
my $database = 'testing';
my $user = 'user';
my $auth = 'password';
my $dbh = DBI->connect("$dsn;Server=$host;Database=$database", $user, $auth) or die "Database connection not made: $DBI::errstr";
my $sql = "EXECUTE database.schema.sproc";
my $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->finish();
$dbh->disconnect;

Answer 2

I was able to connect to SQL Server using OLE32, here is an example of the code..."Cursor type changed" error on Perl OLE32 MSSQL dateadd function results