0 - Trace disabled. 1 - Trace DBI method calls returning with results or errors. 2 - Trace method entry with parameters and returning with results. 3 - As above, adding some high-level information from the driver and some internal information from the DBI. 4 - As above, adding more detailed information from the driver. Also includes DBI mutex information when using threaded Perl. 5 - As above but with more and more obscure information.