#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBI; my $dbh_m = DBI->connect("dBi:mysql:cacti:localhost", "cacti", "cacti") or die("Cannot connect: $DBI::errstr\n"); my $sql = qq(select * from data_template_data); my $sth_m = $dbh_m->prepare($sql); $sth_m->execute; while(my $p = $sth_m->fetch){ print "MySQL: @$p\n"; } $dbh_m->disconnect;