Coding issues using FreeTDS/DBD::Sybase in Perl

I'm starting to get a little flustered and according to what I've read in documentation (brief) and examples from web searching, I'm stuck and it is driving me nuts <breath>.

So let me start with the basics:

DBD::Sybase version 1.10 loaded from /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBD/Sybase.pm


[10:03:17]$ tsql -C
Compile-time settings (established with the "configure" script)
                            Version: freetds v0.82
             freetds.conf directory: /usr/local/etc
     MS db-lib source compatibility: no
        Sybase binary compatibility: no
                      Thread safety: yes
                      iconv library: yes
                        TDS version: 5.0
                              iODBC: no
                           unixodbc: no

[10:59:43]$ ls -la /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 25 Feb 15  2006 /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf -> /etc/freetds/freetds.conf

[11:02:08]$ cat /etc/freetds/freetds.conf
[global]
        tds version = 4.2
        initial block size = 512
        swap broken dates = no
        swap broken money = no
        try server login = yes
        try domain login = no
        cross domain login = no
        text size = 64512

[griddbstage]
	host = griddbstage
	port = 1433
	tds version = 7.0

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Now, with the above configuration I can connect using the command line to my database:

[11:02:30]$ tsql -S griddbstage -U brian -D gogrid
locale is "en_US.UTF-8"
locale charset is "UTF-8"
Password: 
Default database being set to gogrid
1> exit

But attempts to use perl have resulted in a message that plagued me earlier at the command line:

use DBI;
...
DBI->trace(4);
my $c_ggdb = DBI->connect("DBI:Sybase:$dbserv",$dbuser,$dbpass)
 or die "Cannot log into $dbserv\n";
...

With the trace as follows:

---
    DBI 1.609-ithread default trace level set to 0x0/4 (pid 26790) at ggsmtp.pl line 106
    -> DBI->connect(DBI:Sybase:griddbstage, brian, ****)
    -> DBI->install_driver(Sybase) for linux perl=5.008005 pid=26790 ruid=2632 euid=2632
       install_driver: DBD::Sybase version 1.10 loaded from /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBD/Sybase.pm
    <- install_driver= DBI::dr=HASH(0x977dc84)
    !! warn: 0 CLEARED by call to connect method
    -> connect for DBD::Sybase::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x977dc84)~0x977de70 'griddbstage' 'brian' **** HASH(0x96af038)) thr#9362008
    syb_db_login() -> using global CS_LOCALE data
    clientmsg_cb -> Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist
    <> DESTROY(DBI::db=HASH(0x9783bf0)) ignored for outer handle (inner DBI::db=HASH(0x9783b90) has ref cnt 1)
    -> DESTROY for DBD::Sybase::db (DBI::db=HASH(0x9783b90)~INNER) thr#9362008
         DESTROY for DBI::db=HASH(0x9783b90) ignored - handle not initialised
       ERROR: 41 'OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (41)
Server griddbstage, database
Message String: Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist
' (err#0)
    <- DESTROY= undef at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBI.pm line 653 via  at ./ggsmtp.pl line 107
    dbih_clearcom 0x9783b90 (com 0x9784300, type 2) done.

    !! ERROR: 41 'OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (41)
Server griddbstage, database
Message String: Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist
' (err#0)
    <- connect= undef at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBI.pm line 653
    -> $DBI::errstr (&) FETCH from lasth=HASH
    >> DBD::Sybase::dr::errstr
    <- $DBI::errstr= 'OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (41)
Server griddbstage, database
Message String: Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist
'
       DBI connect('griddbstage','brian',...) failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (41)
Server griddbstage, database
Message String: Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist

DBI connect('griddbstage','brian',...) failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN = (0) SEVERITY = (78) NUMBER = (41)
Server griddbstage, database
Message String: Unable to connect: Adaptive Server is unavailable or does not exist
 at ./ggsmtp.pl line 107
Cannot log into griddbstage
    -- DBI::END ($@: , $!: )
    !! ERROR: 41 CLEARED by call to disconnect_all method
    -> disconnect_all for DBD::Sybase::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x977dc84)~0x977de70) thr#9362008
    <- disconnect_all= 1 at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBI.pm line 732 via  at ./ggsmtp.pl line 0
!   <> DESTROY(DBI::dr=HASH(0x977dc84)) ignored for outer handle (inner DBI::dr=HASH(0x977de70) has ref cnt 1)
!   -> DESTROY in DBD::_::common for DBD::Sybase::dr (DBI::dr=HASH(0x977de70)~INNER) thr#9362008
!   <- DESTROY= undef during global destruction
    dbih_clearcom 0x977de70 (com 0x97813a8, type 1) done.
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to be asking this, because I can force my perl program down to system cmd line and read from there... but I shouldn't have to kluge this.  Should I be addressing this with DBD::Sybase or here?  I'm horribly confused, and wondering if I'm just missing something stupidly obvious.

Appreciate the help.

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