------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C7D3D6.DBE3A5E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable this is the error message, Because it on a Chinese 2003 server and the = chinese is missing some bytes. I cannot read what it says. Does anyone = can tell what it means and suggest things to try? thanks, samuel Software error: DBI connect('btn','',...) failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access = Driver] uEz (SQL-42000)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=3D-1) at = C:\web\validate.pl line 130 ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C7D3D6.DBE3A5E0--