From: "vortex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dbi connecting prob ->
Date sent: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:30:01 -0700
vortex,
> Why will this code not let me connect to a server
>
> use DBI; my $dsn = 'DBI:mysql:my_database:localhost';
Try :
my $dsn = 'dbi:mysql:database=my_database';
# ^^^^^^^^^
my $db_user_name = 'admin';
my $db_password = 'secret';
my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $db_user_name, $db_password) or die
DBI::errstr(); # add error checking
>
>
> it just gives me an error, it won't let me connect
>
HTH
Bodo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr. med. Bodo Eing
Institut fuer Medizinische Mikrobiologie
Klinische Virologie
v.-Stauffenbergstr. 36
48151 Muenster
Germany
Phone: ++49 251 7793 111 Fax: ++49 251 7793-104
