# ODBC test program # Seting up an ODBC database #a) Click Settings/ControlPanel #b) Click 32-Bit ODBC #c) Select "System DSN" tab #d) Click Add, select "Microsoft Access Driver", click Finish #e) Enter the following properties # Data Source Name: test_dsn (This is the most important field) # Description: Anything #f) Click on Create... and choose a filename, eg. c:\database\test.mdb #g) Next time Click on Select ... and choose a filename, eg. c:\database\test.mdb use Win32::ODBC; &insertData; &getData; exit(0); sub insertData { $dsn = "test_dsn"; $db = new Win32::ODBC($dsn); die "ERROR: Failed to open database\n" if(!$db); $sql = "CREATE TABLE test_table ("; $sql .= "id char(02), "; $sql .= "name char(04), "; $sql .= "city char(03) )"; $db->Sql($sql); ($ErrNum, $ErrText, $ErrConn) = $db->Error(); $sql = "DELETE FROM test_table"; $db->Sql($sql); $sql = "INSERT INTO test_table (id, name, city) VALUES ('01', 'Jack', 'NY')"; $db->Sql($sql); $sql = "INSERT INTO test_table (id, name, city) VALUES ('02', 'John', 'Lon')"; $db->Sql($sql); $sql = "INSERT INTO test_table (id, name, city) VALUES ('03', 'Mike', 'HK')"; $db->Sql($sql); $sql = "INSERT INTO test_table (id, name, city) VALUES ('04', 'Carl', 'LA')"; $db->Sql($sql); } sub getData { $sql = "SELECT * from test_table order by id"; $db->Sql($sql); while ($db->FetchRow()) { ($id, $name, $city) = $db->Data("id", "name", "city"); print $id, " - ", $name, " - ", $city, "\n"; } $db->Close(); }