I have several perl scripts that connect to mysql databases. The only way I've gotten them to work is by hard coding the password in the DBI->connect statement. I'm running:

RHEL Servers 5.10
mysql 5.5.32
perl 5.8.8
DBI 1.52

If I use the following command the connect is successful:

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:dns', 'userid', 'password' ) || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr";

This is a bad idea for obvious reasons! If I use:

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:dns', $userid, $passwd ) || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr"

It fails with:

Usage: $class->connect([$dsn [,$user [,$passwd ,\%attr]]]).

I have tried it with $dsn both hard coded as above and with the variable $dsn set to the string as well as with $userid both hardcoded and a variable. I've tried both connects with and without the attribute field. The only format I have working is with the dsn, userid and password all hard coded. What am I overlooking or doing incorrectly?

Thanks for any help. <\p>

In reply to DBI->connect fails when password variable used by fmagee

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