I am currently faced with a new challenge to develop a site using Microsoft Access as the primary database instead of mysql. I have not used MS Access before and I would lik
Are you sure the odbc connector is well created ? if not check the step "Create an ODBC Connection" again
EDIT: Connection without DSN from php.net
// Microsoft Access
$connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=$mdbFilename", $user, $password);
in your case it might be if your filename is northwind and your file extension mdb:
$connection = odbc_connect("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=northwind", "", "");