Yes, definitely a very good book. I use it for my 1-day course on the DBI. (Don't be scared off by the publication date (2000): it's still current!) Some programming & RDBMS background will be helpful, though.
-- Peter Vanroose ABIS Training & Consulting, Leuven, Belgium. In reply to: > Pick a good guide. I haven't read this one but I trust the author: > > Programming the Perl DBI - Tim Bunce, Alligator Descartes > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565926998.do