Here's what I use it should tell you exactly what your problem is: Also check out tutorial on http://www.porlmonks.org.
-- David Jackson use DBI; use diagnostics; use strict; my ($dbh,$sth); my ($dbname)="dataase_name"; my ($login)="login_name"; my ($password) ="your_pasword"; my (@ary); # $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$dbname",$login,$password) or die "Can't connect to $dbh: $dbh->errstr\n"; $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM catalog") or die "Can't connect to $dbh: $sth->errstr\n"; $sth-> execute() or die "Can't connect to $dbh: $sth->errstr\n"; $sth -> finish(); $dbh->disconnect(); --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php