use Win32::ODBC; my $DSN = qq(DSN Name); my $db; if (!($db = new Win32::ODBC($DSN))){ print "Connection Error: " . Win32::ODBC::Error . "\n"; exit; } my $qry = qq(select * from table); if ($db->Sql($qry)){ print "SQL Error: " . $db->Error . "\n"; $db->Close; exit; } while($db->FetchRow){ my %record = $db->DataHash; print $record{FIELD}; ... etc ... } $db->Close;