#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect( 'Main', 'dbi:mysql:incontact', 'root', '', { RaiseError => 1 } ) or die $DBI::errstr; print "Have DBH!\n"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare( 'SELECT 1' ); $sth->execute; my @x = $sth->fetchrow_array; print "@x\n"; $dbh->disconnect; print "Done\n";