Using ADO seems easier than using DAO/Jet. Here is a bit that reads a database (never got as far as looking at writing, let alone writing a blob, so might not help much). 
#Using ADO from PERL
use Win32::OLE;

my $Conn=Win32::OLE->new('ADODB.Connection') or die "Unable to create 
+ADODB.Connection";

#NB.You will need to set up the DSN in the ODBC Data Manager (Control 
+Panel)
#    MUST be done on the System DSN tab, you may to enter user name an
+d password
#Don't or die on these methods - it dies every time!

$Conn->Open("<db name in Data Manager>","<optional userid>","<optional
+ password>");
$RS=$Conn->Execute("SELECT * FROM <table>");

$RS->MoveFirst();

until ($RS->Eof()) {
    print $RS->Fields->{'Name'}->Value,"\n";
    $RS->MoveNext();
}

$RS->Close;
$Conn->Close;

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in thread Handling pictures with DBI and Access by kevin_i_orourke

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