I had some problems installing DBD::mysql, however it stated it installed clean. I am using the code from the tutorial stephen wrote on mysql located here. However when I run this code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:quotes', 'scott', 'some_password')
        or die "dumbass it didn't work: '$DBI::errstr'; stopped";

my $sth = $dbh->prepare(<<END_SQL) or die "Couldn't prepare statement:
+ $DBI:errstr; stopped";
        SELECT count, phrase, author, submitted_by FROM qod WHERE coun
+t = `1`
END_SQL   #This is Line 10

$sth->execute() or die "Couldn't make query: '$DBI:errstr'; stopped"; 
+ 

while ( my ($count, $phrase, $author, $submitted_by) = $sth->fetch_arr
+ay())
        {
                print "Field1: $count\n Field2: $phrase\n Field3: $aut
+hor\n Field4: $submitted_
by\n\n";
        }

$dbh->disconnect();

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I get this error
Global symbol "$DBI" requires explicit package name at ./dbitest.pl line 10.
Global symbol "$DBI" requires explicit package name at ./dbitest.pl line 12.
Execution of ./dbitest.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

If I comment out use strict <nbsp&><nbsp&><nbsp&>I get a different goofy error:

/usr/libexec/ld.so: Undefined symbol "_mysql_init" called from perl:/usr/local/libdata/perl5/site_perl/i386-openbsd/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so at 0x401bc284

What am i doing wrong or do I need to reinstall the module?

In reply to DBD::mysql barfs by scottstef

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