Sample Connection Strings (cont)
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Windows database via ADO with predefined DSN 'products'
$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ADO:products", $user, $passwd);
Same again but via ODBC
$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:products", $user, $passwd);
MS Access file without predefined DSN
$file   = 'C:/databases/products.mdb';

$driver = "driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=$file";

$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:ODBC:$driver");