in reply to DBI / MySQL weird connection problems

Well since I seem to be getting downvotes rather than a bit of help here's some code, this code worked fine before this move:

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:host=localhost;database=xxxx",'xxxx +','xxxx') or die DBI->errstr();
'xxxx' replacing real database, username and password to protect the innocent.

And please, if you're going to downvote me, have the guts to tell me what for.

/tired disgruntled admin signing off

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