Hello, I have written the program below and I have gotten it to compile and run. However, it continually tells me that mysql server does not appear to be running. I originally wrote this out of the MySQL book just to test the DBI module and make sure everything would compile. Now, I just want to make sure I can at least connect with the database. Does anyone see any problem by glancing over the code? I have tried $server='66.33.34.146' actual IP address of the server, and I have tried $server=''; Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use CGI qw(:standard); use CGI::Carp; use DBI; CGI::use_named_parameters(1); my ($server, $sock, $host); my $output = new CGI; $server = ''; my $driver = DBI->install_driver('mysql'); my @databases = $driver->func($server, '_ListDBs'); if (not @databases) { print header, start_html('title'=>"Information on $server",'BGCOLOR'=>'white'); print <<END_OF_HTML; <H1>$server</h1> $server does not appear to have a running mySQL server. </body></html> END_OF_HTML exit(0); } print header,start_html('title'=>"Information on $host",'BGCOLOR'=>'white'); print <<END_OF_HTML; <h1>$host</h1> <p> $host\'s connection is on socket $sock. <p> Databases:<br> <UL> END_OF_HTML foreach (@databases) { print "<LI>$_\n"; } print <<END_OF_HTML; </ul> </body></html> END_OF_HTML exit(0) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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