my $dsn = "DBI:Pg:database=Repairs;host=localhost;port=5432";
 my $dbh = DBI->connect( $dsn, '', '', { AutoCommit => 0,  RaiseError => 1 } )
    || croak "Couldn't authenticate to the Database: $OS_ERROR";
##</code><code>##

vendion@linux-9rf6:~> psql Repairs
psql (8.4.5)
Type "help" for help.

Repairs=>