#Windows-based Perl/DBI/MS Access example use DBI; #open connection to Access database $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:ODBC:Clients'); #prepare and execute SQL statement #note that the query ClientName etc below is just the example # suit it with your own requirement $sqlstatement="SELECT ClientName,ClientEmail FROM billing"; $sth = $dbh->prepare($sqlstatement); $sth->execute || die "Could not execute SQL statement ... maybe invalid?"; #output database results while (@row=$sth->fetchrow_array) { print "@row\n" }