That being said, your DSN passed to connect isn't properly configured. DBD::mysql requires a different syntax in the connect statement requiring hostname and database instead of simply naming the database you wish to use.

Assuming the mysql-server is on the same box as the script, try: $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:database=test;hostname=localhost", "username", "password", {RaiseError => 1});

The RaiseError is just good use of available attributes of the DBI. Read perldoc DBI for more and what they do.

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