try connect with a minimal script, like this (I didn't try it) :
<snip>
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI;
use DBI;
my $dbh;
print "something before connect";
$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database", "$username", "$password") or die
"Couldn't connect to database: " . $dbh->errstr;
print "something after";
$dbh->disconnect();
</snip>
If it gives you back the prompt, connection should work, or if not, it
should (I hope) give you an error, and with some chance, you should
something significant in this error ! ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c cw_1 [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 3:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: DBI problem
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried to connect to the database, when I compiled it, it replied with
> "(offline mode: enter name=value pairs on standard input)" - What is
> this meant?
>
> Below is my code:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> use CGI;
> use DBI;
>
> my $dbh;
> my $sth;
> my @row;
>
> my $form = new CGI;
>
>
> print $form->header;
> print "<html><body>";
> print "ready to connect<p>";
> my $database = "loc_data";
> my $username = "mysql";
> my $password = "mysql";
>
>
> #open connection to Access database
> $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database", "$username", "$password")
> or die "Couldn't connect to database: " . $dbh->errstr;
>
> # print "connected<p>";
>
> #construct SQL statement
> ##$sqlstatement = "SELECT * from tld_data";
>
> # print "selected<p>";
>
> #prepare and execute SQL statement
> $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * from tld_data") or die "Can't prepare SQL
> statement: " ;
>
> # print "prepared<p>";
>
> $sth->execute || print "Could not execute SQL statement, maybe invalid?";
>
> #print "<p>ready to output";
>
> #output database results
> while (@row=$sth->fetchrow_array)
> { print "@row\n<br>" }
>
>
> #vprint "hello";
> #close datbase
>
> $dbh->disconnect();
> $sth -> finish;
> print $form->end_html;
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Connie
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