#!perl use strict; use DBI; my $dbfile = "c:/temp/Database.accdb"; my $dsn = 'driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb);dbq='.$dbfile; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$dsn", '', '') or die $DBI::errstr;; print join "\n",$dbh->tables(); #### c:\temp>perl -v This is perl 5, version 16, subversion 1 (v5.16.1) built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread (with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail) c:\temp>perl c:/temp/access.pl DBI connect('driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb);dbq=c:/temp/Database.accdb','',...) failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Mana ger] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (SQL-IM002) at c:/temp/access.pl line 6. [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (SQL-IM002) at c:/temp/access.pl line 6. #### D:\strawberry-perl-no64-5.28.2.1-32bit-portable>perl -v This is perl 5, version 28, subversion 2 (v5.28.2) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread D:\strawberry-perl-no64-5.28.2.1-32bit-portable>perl c:/temp/access.pl `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysAccessStorage` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysACEs` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysComplexColumns` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysNameMap` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysNavPaneGroupCategories` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysNavPaneGroups` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysNavPaneGroupToObjects` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysNavPaneObjectIDs` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysObjects` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysQueries` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysRelationships` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`MSysResources` `c:/temp/Database.accdb`.`Table1`