# START OF CODE SEGMENT # Test script to connect to Database. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:test:testscript', 'tester', 'tester') or die "Couldn't connect to database: " . DBI->errstr; my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT * FROM product_releases') or die "Couldn't prepare statement: " . $dbh->errstr; print "\n$sth\n"; $dbh->disconnect;