Hi I have just received 4,500 or so Access databases which I need to amalgamate into a single Access Database. Im used to using Perl DBI with Oracle and mySql so thought great just write a quick script to go through each connect to them query out the data and add to a new master database. However reading through the help here it appears I need to use DBD::ODBC which means I need to setup 4,500 ODBC connnections - yikes!!! Is there anyway to avoid this, opr is there a way to quickly create an ODBC connection, use it, delete it then move onto the next database and do the same thing? Thanks in advance

In reply to Accessing lots of Access Databases by g_mcgarry

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