is there a way to access an Access database on NT without adding an entry in System DNS

Hi, I would like to ask if you know a way to send queries to an MS Access database without to have to add the database in the system DNS under ODBC configuration. I would like to know if there are functions (like in ASP) where you can pass the path to the database instead of the name of the data source. (something like conect_db('c:\db\mydb.mbd','user','passwd'); Thank you very much, Catalin