#!/usr/bin/perl -w use DBI ; use strict; #connect to Access file via ODBC my $accessDSN = q(driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb);). q(dbq=\\\\NWKCPU\\c\$\\SubFolder\\Example.mdb); my $dbhA = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$accessDSN",'','') or die "$DBI::errstr\n";