Dear enlil: I tried the code and got the error message as follows, DBI connect('DSN','username',...) failed: MicrosoftODBC Driver Manager Data source name not found and no default driver specified (SQL-IM002)(DBD: db_login/SQLConnect err=-1) at H:\Final versions of Perl Program\accesstables.pl line 7 Failed to connect to database at H:\Final versions of Perl Program\accesstables.pl line 7. My data sourse name is "Alex", Access database name is "Estrategy". I am not sure if I should replace 'username' with 'Alex'. Thank you for your advice in advance....Young