my $filename = 'Z:\\temp\KernelLog.mdb'; my $dsn = "dbi:ODBC:driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb); dbq=$filename"; my $dbh = DBI->connect( $dsn, '', '', { PrintError => 1, RaiseError => 0, AutoCommit => 0, } ) or die "DB connect failed $DBI::errstr.";