use DBI;

    $drh = DBI->install_driver("mysql");
    $database ='testg1';
    $host ="localhost";
    $user = "root";
    $password = "passowrd";

    $rc = $drh->func('createdb', $database, $host, $user, $password, 'admin');
	if ($rc == 1){print"new database created.."; }
		    else{print "could not create database: $DBI::errstr\n";}
	
#####################################
######database created successfully
#####################################

####################################
### the following segment is giving problem
#####################################
	
	#  the datasource
	
	$dbname =  'testg1';
	my $db="$dbname:164.xxx.x.xxx:yyyy";
	my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$db",$user,$password) or die("cant connect\n");
	print "connected";

###########################################
###### because of the error, i dont reach the following ##segment
############################################
	$auser = 'newuser@localhost';
	$pw = 'abcd';

	my $query = qq|GRANT ALL on $db.* TO ? IDENTIFIED BY ?|; 
	$dbh->do($query,undef,$auser,$pw) || die ("Could not do $query - Error: $DBI::errstr");
###########################################

##</code><code>##

DBI->connect(testg1:164.xxx.x.xxx:yyyy) failed: Access denied for user: 'root@myhost' (Using password: YES) at create.pl line 19
cant connect