I'm having some problem connecting to a remote MySQL server. It's on my LAN. I'm just trying to make a simple connection from any host, like such: 
use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect(
      'dbi:mysql:tickets@webhost.mydomain.org:3306', 
      'someuser', 'somepass', {
       RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1
   }
);

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I receive identical errors from several host running various version of Perl: 
DBI connect('tickets@webhost.mydomain.org:3306','someuser',...) failed
+: Can't connect to MySQL server on '3306' (60) at test9 line 3

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I know the server is configured properly. Port 3306 is open to all hosts on my LAN. I can also access and administer the database with an ODBC GUI (using the same username and password from the script). I've seen many other posts, plus stuff on google, but I'm at a loss. Can someone help? Some extra info: 
Server is MySQL 4.1.5 on BSD
Client is Xp with actvestate 5.8.6, DBI DBI 1.48, DBD-mysql 2.9006

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Thanks much.

In reply to Remote connection to mysql by mhearse

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