Ok, so I slightly changed the line you put down as the quoting was a bit off.. 

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};","SERVER=Bobs.pa
+ncake.hut;DATABASE=flapjacks;","account","password");

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and then I got the following error: 

DBI->connect using 'old-style' syntax is deprecated and will be an err
+or in futu
re versions at C:\temp\temp.pl line 14
install_driver(password) failed: Can't locate DBD/password.pm in @INC 
+(@INC cont
ains: C:/Perl/site/lib C:/Perl/lib .) at (eval 4) line 3.
Perhaps the DBD::password perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'password' isn't right.
Available drivers: DBM, ExampleP, File, Gofer, ODBC, Proxy, SQLite, Sp
+onge.
 at C:\temp\temp.pl line 14

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In reply to Re^4: MS Access database problem by vdubjunkie
in thread MS Access database problem by vdubjunkie

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