Dear Fellow Monks,

I am stumped regarding an issue with the WIN32:ODBC module and a Micros~1 Access Database.

Comming from a completely Un*x-y background, I have found a need to use the WIN32:ODBC driver to connect to a Windows Access database via Perl CGI. I have done this before with an already existing Access database. But now I need to use a DNS-less connection, as well as an Access database I made myself. I created a database using Access and uploaded it to my server. I then used the code below to connect to the database. I didn't get a connection error. However, when I tried to call any methods on my "$db" object, I get errors. What do I have to do to successfully connect? Do I have to save my Access database in some special way? Does any Monk know where I can go to read more about this, I can't find a good reference anywhere!

My code looks like this: 
# Load necessary modules
use Win32::ODBC;  
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

# DNS related Variables...
$username = "foo";
$password = "bar";
$database_path = "name_of_my_database.mdb";        

#create database object called $db...         
$db = new Win32::ODBC("DNS=$database_path;UID=$username;PWD=$password"
+);    

# These lines do not give me an error...
# Doesn't this mean I have a proper connection?
if (undef $db){
    Win32::ODBC::DumpError();
}

# This line gives me an error which says something
# like Can't call method "Connection" on undefined
# value...
$con_number = $db->Connection;

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Thanks Monks!

In reply to WIN32:ODBC Perl Connection to Micros~1 Access Database by mr_dont

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