Okay, I am getting sick of VBScript, and want to use PerlScript.

Does anyone else do this? Is it good, bad, ugly? How can I rewrite the following VBScript function with PerlScript?

Code:
<%
  Function OpenDB(adodbConn, strDBQFileName)

    Set adodbConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
    adodbConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & strDBQFileName

  End Function
%>