use strict; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb);dbq=a.mdb") or die "Can't connect to Database: $DBI::errstr"; #### DBI connect('driver=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb);dbq=a.mdb','',...) failed: [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default driver specified (SQL-IM002) at ./test.pl line 4 Can't connect to Database: [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found, and no default driver specified (SQL-IM002) at ./test.pl line 4.