use Win32::ODBC;
$DATABASELOCATION = "//your/network/directory/path/here";
$DSN = "DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb); FIL=MSAccess; DriverId=2 +5; DBQ=$DATABASELOCATION/mydatabase.mdb; UID=Admin; PWD=";
#read database into hash
$db=new Win32::ODBC($DSN);
#now the fun stuff...