DBI script works on command line but not in browser

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

My DBI script works correctly when run by a web server, but I get syntax errors when running it from the command line (Perl 5 and FreeBSD server). Here's the code:

use DBI;
($db) = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:DatabaseName, $dbusername);
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Here are the corresponding errors:

syntax error in file MyScript.cgi at line 66, next 2 tokens "use DBI" 
syntax error in file MyScript.cgi at line 82, next 2 tokens "->"
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What's the problem?

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Re: script using DBI won't run from command line but runs great thru browser. why? by btrott (Parson) on Jun 06, 2000 at 03:02 UTC
Sounds like you're running it w/ perl4 under the command line. How are you executing the file? Where's your perl? Do you have 2 versions installed?	[reply]
Re: script using DBI won't run from command line but runs great thru browser. why? by IndyZ (Friar) on Jun 06, 2000 at 05:22 UTC
If I follow btrott correctly, you probanly have perl installed in two places, like perl4 in /bin/perl, and perl5 in /usr/bin/perl. try typing "whereis perl" and see where the binaries are. =Brian	[reply]
Re: DBI script works on command line but not in browser by codehopper (Initiate) on Mar 07, 2003 at 18:10 UTC
use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:databasename:server", "user","password") or die "Couldn't connect to database";	[reply]