DBI Connect('Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLDEDB.3.5;Data Source=C:\temp\MFDB.sdf','',...) failed: Can't Open Connection 'Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLDEDB.3.5;Data Source=C:\temp\MFDB.sdf' Package : DBD::ADO::dr Filename : C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/DBD/ADO.pm Line : 158 Last error : -2146824582 OLE exception from "ADODB.Connection": Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed. Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x800a0e7a in METHOD/PROPERTYGET "Open" at test.pl line 7 #### #!/usr/bin/perl # use strict; use warnings; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ADO:Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLDEDB.3.5;Data Source=C:\\temp\\MFDB.sdf",undef,undef);