Hello, I am using activestate perl 5.16.3 on win7-64. This version of perl came with DBI, but it did not come with DBD::mysql. i used the ppm to search for DBD-mysql, but but it was not listed (other versions were there; csv, odbc, etc). so i went to cpan and downloaded the module from this link:
http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql-4.027/lib/DBD/mysql.pm

i extracted the files and copied them in the following directories: 
 - mysql.pm          -> C:\Perl64\lib\DBD
 - mysql\GetInfo.pm  -> C:\Perl64\lib\DBD\mysql
 - mysql\INSTALL.pod -> C:\Perl64\lib\DBD\mysql

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here is a stripped down code snippet of how i am using DBI 
use DBI;
my $url = sprintf('DBI:%s:%s:%s', $driver, $database, $hostname);
my $dbh = DBI->connect(
        $url,
        $username,
        $password,
        {RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1}
    )

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when i run that code, i get the following error: 
install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate loadable object for module 
+DBD::mysql in @INC (@INC contains: ../ C:\Program Files (x86)\ActiveS
+tate Komodo IDE 8\lib\support\dbgp\perllib c:/Perl64/site/lib c:/Perl
+64/lib .) at (eval 31)[c:/Perl64/lib/DBI.pm:783] line 3.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 31)[c:/Perl64/lib/DBI.pm:783] l
+ine 3.
Perhaps a module that DBD::mysql requires hasn't been fully installed

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i know the DBD-mysql files are in the correct paths, but it sounds like this module isnt installed correctly? what am i missing here? does DBD-mysql work with 5.16.3? i know that i have used that module in earlier versions of perl.

thanks,

In reply to Issues with DBD::mysql - please help by drohr

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