Saving a connection string

Why does this example work... $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$database:host=$hostname", $user, $password) ...but this doesn't... $connect_string = qq("DBI:mysql:database=$database:host=$hostname", $user, $password); $dbh = DBI->connect($connect_string) ERROR> Can't

Digest version of this list ?

Is there a digest version of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Thanks, -Brian