Excellent guide.
Another option is to use DBD::ODBC with iodbc and freetds. This gives you the ability to use bound parameters.
Note that freetds has to be compiled for iodbc, and DBD::ODBC does as well. Here is the install sequence I used about a year ago (check for new versions):
# Install libiodbc
wget http://www.iodbc.org/downloads/iODBC/libiodbc-3.52.3.tar.gz &&
tar -xzf libiodbc-3.52.3.tar.gz &&
cd libiodbc-3.52.3 &&
./configure &&
make &&
make install
# Install freetds
wget ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/freetds-stab
+le.tgz
tar -xzf freetds-stable.tgz &&
cd freetds-0.63 &&
./configure -with-iodbc &&
make &&
make install
# Configure odbc.ini
echo "[foo]
Database=foo
Server=10.10.10.164
TDS_Version=8.0
Port=1433
Driver=/usr/local/lib/libtdsodbc.so" > /etc/odbc.ini
# install DBD::ODBC
perl -MCPAN -e'get DBD::ODBC' &&
cd ~/.cpan/build/DBD-ODBC-1.13 &&
export ODBCHOME=/usr/local &&
perl Makefile.PL &&
make &&
make install