{
    my $db_h = DBI->connect(
      $db_serverstr, $db_user, $db_pass,
      {HandleError => sub {die "WHYYYY\n".shift(@_)} }
    ) or die "WHYYYY\n" . $DBI::errstr;

   my $sth = $db_h->selectall_arrayref('
      grab me stuff from that table
   ');
}