I will state for a fact that I know that its something I am doing wrong. Now can someone help me correct it. Yes I am a newbie and just learning, I learn by doing and then asking or finding the answers to what I have done wrong. Here is my little script. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <iodbcunix.h> int main() { SQLRETURN retcode; retcode = SQLConnect (NULL, "SYSDTS", NULL, "user", NULL, "pass", NULL); if (retcode == SQL_SUCCESS || retcode == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO) { printf("Works!\n"); } } Here is what I am seeing when I compile. odbc2.cpp: In function 'int main()': odbc2.cpp:7: error: 'SQLRETURN' was not declared in this scope odbc2.cpp:7: error: expected `;' before ‘retcode’ odbc2.cpp:8: error: ‘retcode’ was not declared in this scope odbc2.cpp:8: error: ‘SQLConnect’ was not declared in this scope odbc2.cpp:9: error: ‘SQL_SUCCESS’ was not declared in this scope odbc2.cpp:9: error: ‘SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO’ was not declared in this scope btw this is linux not windoze.