Replace:

with:

You can't be posting the code you're actually running. You were missing a semicolon at the end of the line, also note how I quote the values. You'd have the same problem with Oracle, contrary to your claim.

Update: Basic working example:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect ("dbi:CSV:") or die "Cannot connect: $DBI::errs
+tr";

$dbh->{csv_tables}->{testtable} = {
    'file' => 'test.csv',
};

my $query = "SELECT VERSION from test.csv WHERE OS='Fedora' AND RELEAS
+E='Stentz'";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
$sth->execute;
$sth->dump_results();
$dbh->disconnect();
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