Remember you need the server where the database is running to accept remote connections (eg 3306 for mysql).

my $mysql_server    = 192.168.1.100;
my $mysql_user        = "mysqlUser";
my $mysql_password    = "mysqlPass";
my $mysql_db        = "yourDatabase";
$DBH::conn = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$mysql_db;$mysql_server",$mysql_u
+ser,$mysql_password,{ PrintError => 1, RaiseError => 0,) || die $DBI:
+:errstr; 

return $DBH::conn;
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