use Cwd; use Win32::ODBC; $DriverType = "Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)"; $DSN = "Email Contacts"; $Description = "Description=Email List and Contact Information"; $DataBase = "EmailContacts.mdb"; $dir = cwd(); if (Win32::ODBC::ConfigDSN(ODBC_ADD_DSN, $DriverType, ("DSN=$DSN", $Description, "DBQ=$dir\\$DataBase", "DEFAULTDIR=$dir", "UID=", "PWD="))){ print "Successful configuration of $DSN!\n"; } else{ print "Error Creating $DSN\n"; Win32::ODBC::DumpError(); die; } my $myDb = Win32::ODBC->new($DSN); my $connection; if (! $myDb){ print "Failed to Connect $DSN\n"; Win32::ODBC::DumpError(); die; }else { $connection = $myDb->Connection(); print "Successful Connection $connection, $DSN\n"; } $myDb->Close();