Thanks for the catch. I actually had it that way once, but since I couldn't get it to work I dropped it.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
     
    use strict;
    use DBI;
    use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
    use CGI qw (:standard);
    print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
    

     my $dbh = DBI->connect(qq{DBI:mysql:database=subscriptions;host=l
+ocalhost,I DON'T HAVE A USERNAME AND PASSWORD OTHER THAN ROOT}, {Rais
+eError => 1} );

     my $sth = $dbh->prepare( q{SELECT email FROM contacts WHERE state
+ = ?} );

     $sth->execute('OH') or die $sth->errstr; 

     while (my @result = $sth->fetchrow_array()) {
        print "@result\n";
        }     
        
     # check for problems which may have terminated the fetch early
     die $sth->errstr if $sth->err;
     
     $dbh->disconnect;
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I've tried many things to connect but to no avail. \s tells me that I'm connected via a UNIX socket. I can only find docs about different ports. Could this be a problem?

Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /usr/local/etc/ht
+tpd/cgi-bin/DBI_mysql_01.pl line 12.
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Is there any way to view the path or connection?