in reply to How can I connect/access an MS access database from solaris?
I do something similiar but using FoxPro databases. We use a product from http://www.easysoft.com/ . It is an ODBC bridge. Basically you install the easysoft server on the windows box. Solaris/Perl will use the DBI to make requests to the easysoft server, which then makes the actual odbc call to the database, then passes the data back to Solaris/Perl.