Strange behavior
The following is a chunk of code I use in almost all my scripts

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
#
# This is a small program meant to output a report in xls format
use strict;
use DBI;
use CGI qw(redirect);
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

my $query = new CGI;

# Let's set up the database handle, etc. fixed variables
my $user = "jrobiso2";
my $auth = "";
my $db = "dbi:mysql:personnel";

# and now the database handle
my $dbh = DBI->connect($db, $user, $auth) || die "Cannot connect!: $!\
+n$dbh->errstr";

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The problem is that if you perl -cw this, it says "Global
symbol "$dbh" requires explicit package name . . . . .
So I am forced to put a my $dbh; one line before it.

Can someone tell me where I am wrong in thinking that I can
do my $dbh = DBI->connect($db, $user, $auth); ?

What does this little button do . .<Click>; "USER HAS SIGNED OFF FOR THE DAY"

In reply to my and its use by tame1

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