It would help to show some code and the exact error message (by all means s/real_username/username/ s/real_password/password/ s/real_ip/x.x.x.x/ etc). The actual error message in all its exacting detail is typically relevant. Do you actually get '***', .... ? When a script runs on the command line (as user you presumbably, IP ? localhost) you need to understand that under CGI it probably runs as user ? apache ? nobody, IP ? real_ip. In other words the environment is different. It seems as though you are connecting to a remote DB which will have in it a remote access perms table that might look like: 

user          perms
you@somewhere *
you@%         *

[download]

That's fine when you try to connect but not so good when apache@perhaps_some_other_ip tries to connect. If that is not the problem you also possibly have a firewall between you and the remote DB. DBs connect on unusual ports, and you can punch holes through firewalls on a global or per user basis.....

cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: perl db connection problems by tachyon
in thread perl db connection problems by foobarbaz

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