I am trying to retrieve a query from an access database using ODBC. I have succesfuly connected to the database and selected data on another table. However, a query I am using doesn't return any results. It works if I use it as a query in access, but not in DBI. 

use Data::Dumper;
use DBI;
my $dbh = DBI-> connect('DBI:ODBC:MyDB'); 

# Catch and display status messages with this error handler.
sub err_handler {
   my ($sqlstate, $msg, $nativeerr) = @_;
   # Strip out all of the driver ID stuff
   $msg =~ s/^(\[[\w\s:]*\])+//;
   print $msg;
   print "===> state: $sqlstate msg: $msg nativeerr: $nativeerr\n";
   return 0;
}

$dbh->{odbc_err_handler} = \&err_handler;
$dbh->{odbc_exec_direct} = 1;

my $sql = qq/SELECT * FROM Files WHERE (((Files.Field) Like '*20060906
+*'));/;      # the query to execute


my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);          # prepare the query
$sth->execute();                      # execute the query


while ( @row = $sth->fetchrow_array ) {
    print "@row\n";
  }

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In reply to DBI to ODBC by matthewsnape

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