Which raises the question of why are you using the msql-mysql module? If you are planning on using MySQL the DBD::mysql module is to be preffered.

jdtoronto

updated Corrected spelling of module name. Thanks gmax!

<added> After replying I wondered if you were using msql - I checked and the website for that product http://www.hughes.com.au seems to be unreachable. Maybe if you tell us what you are trying to achieve, on which platform and with which version of Perl we can offer some advice. The msql-mysql module you referred to has not been maintained in about three years and is relying on DBI version 0.93, currently DBI is at v1.38.

updated I had a prowel around the everything site. Several people describing their installation experiences talk about downloading all the mopdules from CPAN and having no troubles. The msql-mysql-modules package has been upgraded and is now at version 1.2219 - you may want to try that. Or, as others have described, install the latest DBI from CPAN and then add the latest DBD::mysql.