First time post and first use of perl. So please go easy on me if there is a simple fix to my problem.

Using the following script: 

use lib '/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi/DBD'
+;
use DBI;
use mysql;

$hostname="localhost";
$db="database";
$port="3306";
$dbuser="username";
$dbpassword="password";
$table="table";

$DBI_DSN="dbi:mysql:database=$db;host=$hostname;port=$port";
$dbhandle = DBI->connect($DBI_DSN,$dbuser,$dbpassword,{ RaiseError => 
+1, AutoCommit => 0});

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I get the following error: 
DBI connect ('database=database;host=localhost;port=3306','username',.
+..) failed: Access denied for user: 'username@localhost.localdomain' 
+(Using password: YES)...

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I can connect from mysql command line with the username and password no problem. I can also connect via php from my website, but just not from perl.

I'm at a loss and have searched everywhere I know of for a clue to this, but can't find any discussion.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

2004-12-02 Janitored by Arunbear - added code tags, as per Monastery guidelines

In reply to MySQL Access is Denied by zelf

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