# phpman > perldoc > Win32::DBIODBC

## NAME
    [Win32::DBIODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3ADBIODBC/markdown) - [Win32::ODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3AODBC/markdown) emulation layer for the DBI

## SYNOPSIS
      use [Win32::DBIODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3ADBIODBC/markdown);     # instead of use [Win32::ODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3AODBC/markdown)

## DESCRIPTION
    This is a *very* basic *very* alpha quality [Win32::ODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3AODBC/markdown) emulation for the DBI. To use it just
    replace

            use [Win32::ODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3AODBC/markdown);

    in your scripts with

            use [Win32::DBIODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Win32%3A%3ADBIODBC/markdown);

    or, while experimenting, you can pre-load this module without changing your scripts by doing

            perl -[MWin32::DBIODBC](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/MWin32%3A%3ADBIODBC/markdown) your_script_name

## TO DO
    Error handling is virtually non-existent.

## AUTHOR
    Tom Horen <<tho@melexis.com>>