Re: Introduction to databases in perl?

[Your Mother]

DBI is wonderful. Some, like me, learn by example faster than exposition. This is a nice tour: DBI recipes.

There are many packages built on DBI/DBD that abstract DB handling and are worth checking out once you get your DBI legs. Check out this thread for some of the options: Perl ORM comparison (Class::DBI vs. DBIx::Class vs. Rose::DB::Object).