Are you using the latest version of DBI? Also, your "if ($dbh) {" seems a little backward. According to the DBI docs, "If the connect fails (see below) it returns undef and sets $DBI::err and $DBI::errstr." So shouldn't your conditional be "if (!$dbh) {". Perhaps you are actually connecting. I'm not sure why DBI::errstr would be defined in that case though. Also, I hope that is not your real connection info (i.e. username, password, hostname, database name). If it is, you should change it immediately.
Duncan -- Duncan Salada | Titan | www.titan.com/validity Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Voice: 301-925-3222x375 | Fax: 301-925-3216 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Access denied for user: (from perl script) > > > Hi, I have a problem accessing MySQL database. I have a > database changes_db > and when I access it with mysql -h jon -u join -p changes_db, > I have no > problems. But if I use Perl script to access same database I get: > > DBI->connect(database=changes;host=jon;port=) failed: > Access denied for user: 'join@jon' to database 'changes_db' at > ./test_db.cgi line 15 > > The script is following: > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > use strict; # enforce declarations and quoting > use DBI; > use CGI qw(:all); # import shortcuts > $| = 1; # disable buffering > > my $username = "join"; > my $password = "equant"; > my $database = "chances_db"; > my $driver = "mysql"; > my $port = ''; > my $hostname = "jon"; > > my $dsn = "DBI:$driver:database=$database;host=$hostname;port=$port"; > my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, $username, $password); > > if ($dbh) { > print $DBI::errstr; > exit 1; > } > > Regards > Jon Ingason > Sr Field Ops Eng > IP/Router Operation > Global One Services AB trading as Equant > Solna strandväg 82 > PO BOX 1 > 171 18 SOLNA > SWEDEN > -------------------------------- > Work: +46 8 5191 3316 > Fax: +46 8 5191 3200 > Cellular: +46 708 91 3316 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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