use Win32::ODBC; $DriverType = "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)"; $DSN = "Win32 ODBC --MAOmaoMAOmaoMAO--"; $Dir = "c:\\perl\\cgi-bin"; $DBase = "mydb.mdb"; Win32::ODBC::ConfigDSN(ODBC_ADD_DSN, $DriverType, ("DSN=$DSN", "Description=MAO Win32 ODBC Test DSN for perl", "DBQ=$Dir\\$DBase", "DEFAULTDIR=$Dir", "UID=", "PWD=")) or die "ConfigDSN(): Could not add temporary DSN" . Win32::ODBC::Error(); $db=new Win32::ODBC($DSN) or die "couldn't ODBC $DSN because", Win32::ODBC::Error(), "\n";