Wow! I tried your code and got the same thing! 

DBI connect('TestCasesXP2K','',...) failed: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Ma
+nager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (SQ
+L-IM002)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1) at C:\Daniel\perl\PerlMonks
+\dbitest.pl line 13
Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at C:\Daniel\perl\Pe
+rlMonks\db
itest.pl line 16.

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I suspected that I might since I haven't set up an ODBC connection using the ODBC connection manager. If you set up and test your ODBC connection then you should be able to connect OK.

In reply to Re: Connecting to MS Access by inman
in thread Connecting to MS Access by Anonymous Monk

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