Thanks, all. I tried the suggestions, but I get this error:

DBI->connect(driver=Microsoft Access Driver *.mdb);dbq=\\SERVER\My_Dat
+abase.mdb) failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid string or
+ buffer length (SQL-S1090)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1) at connec
+t.pl line 7 [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Invalid string or buffer
+ length (SQL-S1090)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1)
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(What I am attempting to do is: get table from Access DB on Novell server, determine if Access DB in local machine in the same version, then copy a new version to the local machine if there has been an update... sounds easy enough.)