in reply to replacement for DBI?

Did your connection string change ?

From https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::mysql, the connection string should be: 

  DBI:mysql:database=name2 ...

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Your string appears to use "DBI:mysql:database_name2" (Underscore instead of equals).

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Re^2: replacement for DBI?
by jck (Scribe) on Oct 02, 2020 at 00:34 UTC
    sorry, I put in "database_name2" as a placeholder. my database name actually does have an underscore in it.
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