If you aren't going to be doing linking and relational stuff you may wish to look at the DBD::CSV module on CPAN.

The description is as follows:

DESCRIPTION The DBD::CSV module is yet another driver for the DBI (Database independent interface for Perl). This one is based on the SQL "engine" SQL::Statement and the abstract DBI driver DBD::File and implements access to so-called CSV files (Comma separated values). Such files are mostly used for exporting MS Access and MS Excel data. See the DBI(3) manpage for details on DBI, the SQL::Statement(3) manpage for details on SQL::Statement and the DBD::File(3) manpage for details on the base class DBD::File.

Anything thing beyond this I would begin looking at MySQL or something of that nature, though the setup of MySQL takes some effort, the rewards are great and spell casting abilities increase dramatically.

Good luck to you

Glenn H.