use strict;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects';

# Change these three variables
my $database = "TestAccess.mdb";
my $table    = "Clients";
my $field1   = "CompanyName";
my $field2     = "ClientID";
my $field3   = "Phone";

my $Conn = Win32::OLE->new("ADODB.Connection");
my $RS   = Win32::OLE->new("ADODB.Recordset");

my $DSN = "PROVIDER=MSDASQL;DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};
           DBQ=$database;UID=;PWD=;";
$Conn->Open($DSN);

my $SQL = "SELECT $field1, $field2, $field3 FROM $table";

$RS->Open($SQL, $Conn, 1, 1);

until ($RS->EOF) {
    
    my $value1 = $RS->Fields($field1)->value;
    my $value2 = $RS->Fields($field2)->value;
    my $value3 = $RS->Fields($field3)->value;
    
    print $value1,"\t",$value2,"\t",$value3,"\n";
    
   $RS->MoveNext;
}

$RS->Close;
$Conn->Close;

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Hi All,

Please go through the above code, If i execute the same code with tables and columns having whitespace characters in their names. I am getting the following error (Can't call method "value" on an undefined value). Please help.... Kindly suggest me the solution for this particular scenario.

Thanks & Regards,
Srikant

In reply to error returned in Win32::OLE module with mdb file's tables and cloumns having whitespace characters in their names. by srikantvm

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