I too have answered this question many times, and BBQ is right on the money. Connecting to databases can be confusing, especially trying to use Win32::ODBC. If you intend to work on other platforms, then start learning the DBI now, and you will be greatly rewarded for your effort (not like it's hard to learn) :). Otherwise, if you just need a quick and dirty way to get at data in an existing database with an existing DSN connection then look at this node which states the same thing I just said above and shows how to use ADO from Perl.

Good question though. Good luck!