Jeff,
In answer to your other questions:
What version of DBD::ODBC are you using?
PPM>query DBI
DBI [1.201] Database independent interface for Perl
Are you using MS-Access security?
I am not using mdw files, if that is what you mean, but I do have
the mdb file passworded.
Does the web server user have access to the admin database?
I believe so, unless Apache web server has a different user than my
NT network login. I use a discarded low end NT machine for development. I
am logged into the machine as myself when I (re)start Apache.
Pete