Hey there, thank you, here is a piece of code but I am sure this problem is in config somewhere. I have a few websites with working mysql and cgi running on my old Mac that I need to replace. This is only a snippet to test database connection while I am seeing up a new server on Sierra. 
use DBI;
use Cwd;
use CGI qw(:all);
use LWP::Simple qw(get);
use Net::SMTP;
use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
use File::Copy;

$Cgi_Dir            = qq(/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/bonriche);

# MySql Database information
$Db                 = qq(Platinum);
$DbPort             = qq(3306);
$DbUserid           = qq(root);
$DbTable            = qq(Classifieds);
$DbUsers            = qq(Users);
$DbReceipts         = qq(Receipts);
$DbHost             = qq(127.0.0.1);
$DbPasswd           = qq(******);
$DbConnectionInfo   = qq(DBI:mysql:database=$Db:$DbHost:$DbPort);

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------------- #
# Query the database for the highest 'RegNum' and generate a new 'RegN
+um'
$Dbh = DBI->connect($DbConnectionInfo,$DbUserid,$DbPasswd);
$Sth = $Dbh->prepare("SELECT RegNum FROM $DbUsers ORDER BY RegNum DESC
+ LIMIT 1");
$Sth->execute() or $Err_Num = "3002"; $Err_Mess = "$DBI::errstr":
if ($Err_Num eq "0") {
    $ChkRegNum = "";
    while (($ChkRegNum) = $Sth->fetchrow_array) {
    $LastRegNum = "$ChkRegNum";
    }
    $Sth->finish();
    $Dbh->disconnect;
    }

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In reply to Re^2: DBD DBI Mysql Connect by Umdurman
in thread DBD DBI Mysql Connect by Umdurman

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