use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect(
      'dbi:mysql:tickets@webhost.mydomain.org:3306', 
      'someuser', 'somepass', {
       RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1
   }
);

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DBI connect('tickets@webhost.mydomain.org:3306','someuser',...) failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on '3306' (60) at test9 line 3

##</code><code>##

Server is MySQL 4.1.5 on BSD
Client is Xp with actvestate 5.8.6, DBI DBI 1.48, DBD-mysql 2.9006