$dbtype = 'mysql'; $dbname = 'somedb'; $dbname = 'localhost'; $dbuser = 'username'; $dbpass = 'password'; tie %session, 'Apache::Session::MySQL', $id, { DataSource => "DBI:$dbtype:$dbname:$dbhost", UserName => $dbuser, Password => $dbpass, LockDataSource => "DBI:$dbtype:$dbname:$dbhost", LockUserName => $dbuser, LockPassword => $dbpass, } or die "Can't tie the session ", %session, ": $!";