"Creating a database handle....snip" use DBI; use DBI::CSV; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:CSV:"); #### "You can create and drop tables with commands like the following:" $dbh->do("CREATE TABLE new_table (id 1, name new(64))"); #### DBD::CSV::db do failed: Parse error near 1, name new(64)) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/DBD/File.pm line 164.