I would like to save the information (username, password, database name, etc.) to connect to a database. I considering using the following method:

app.cfg
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$username = "blah";
$password = "blinky";
$databaseName = "foo";

app.pl
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
require 'app.cfg';

print "Username: $username\n";
When I do this I get a message like this:

Global symbol "$username" requires explicit package name at ./app.pl line 6.

Is this a good approach?
How can I best include this data in all of my app scripts?

If I remove the 'use strict;' then it works but that is not acceptable. I have to use strict (company policy).

-- rogueFalcon
Why do you people insist on doing things sdrawkcab?

In reply to Config files by rogueFalcon

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