My code ran fine on Redhat linux. I was able to connect tot he same version of MYSQL: 3.23.

The code is now running on FreeBSD 4.8. The code is fine, but I cannot connect to the DB. I have installed the DBD and the dbi driver, before I pull my hair out, I seek the wisdom of the monks to point me in the right direction.

Error Message

install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC (@INC 
+contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl
+5/5.8.7 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i386-freebsd /usr/local/
+lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.2 /usr/l
+ocal/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at (
+eval 10) line 3.
Perhaps the DBD::mysql perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'mysql' isn't right.
Available drivers: ADO, ExampleP, Multiplex, Proxy.
 at /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/ISee/ISeeSupportDisplaySWAT.pl line 164

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code generating message

my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:$DBName:$IP", "$db_user", "$db_passw
+ord", {RaiseError => 0, PrintError => 0} ) or
                err_trap("Cannot connect to the database");

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I tried adding an extra : in the code between dbi::mysql and was surprised to get the followinf error messahe

Can't connect(dbi::mysql:support: username password HASH(0x842cb58)), 
+no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not set at /usr/loca
+l/apache/cgi-bin/ISee/ISeeSupportDisplaySWAT.pl line 163

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Any thoughts?

Am I using the wrong drivers? ----- 11jan06: Update. First, thanks again for your comments. It's nice to have a second voice over my shoulder.

On Linux, I used ppm, but could not find it on Unix, however, I did find MCPAN and used it to properly set up DBD abd DBI. Here is what I used:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBI' perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql'

So thanks for the help, and I hope my update will assist others.

Signed, one of the faithful greatful ;)

In reply to Can't Connect to MySQL after port by sdyates

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