Driver/Perl: Add dedicated page

Author: amotl

docs/_assets/icon/perl-logo.svg

@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ CrateDB drivers and adapters for supported programming languages, frameworks, an
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 ::::
 
+::::{grid-item-card} Perl
+:link: connect-perl
+:link-type: ref
+:link-alt: Connect to CrateDB using Perl
+:padding: 3
+:text-align: center
+:class-card: sd-pt-3
+:class-body: sd-fs-1
+:class-title: sd-fs-6
+```{image} /_assets/icon/perl-logo.svg
+:height: 40px
+```
+
+::::
+
 ::::{grid-item-card} PHP
 :link: connect-php
 :link-type: ref
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 java
 javascript
+perl
 php
 python
 ruby

docs/connect/index.md

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+(connect-perl)=
+
+# Perl
+
+:::{div} sd-text-muted
+Connect to CrateDB from Perl applications.
+:::
+
+:::{rubric} About
+:::
+
+[DBD::Pg] is the PostgreSQL database driver for the Perl DBI module.
+
+:::{rubric} Synopsis
+:::
+
+`example.pl`
+```perl
+use DBI;
+use DBD::Pg qw(:pg_types);
+
+$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:host=localhost;port=5432;dbname=doc", "crate", "crate", {AutoCommit => 0});
+$sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT region, mountain, height FROM sys.summits ORDER BY height DESC LIMIT 3");
+$sth->execute();
+
+$rows = $sth->dump_results();
+print($rows);
+```
+
+Start CrateDB using Docker or Podman, then compile and invoke example program.
+```shell
+docker run --rm --publish=5432:5432 crate -Cdiscovery.type=single-node
+```
+```shell
+cpan install DBD::Pg
+perl example.pl
+```
+
+:::{rubric} CrateDB Cloud
+:::
+
+For connecting to CrateDB Cloud,
+replace username, password, and hostname with values matching
+your environment.
+```perl
+$dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:host=testcluster.cratedb.net;port=5432;dbname=doc", "admin", "password", {AutoCommit => 0});
+```
+
+
+[DBD::Pg]: https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Pg