DBI problems in AIX

[chrisw669]

I'm trying to connect to a mysql dbase from perl. when i make the db call to connect i get several errors complaining about libmysqlclient.so. first of all, i can't seem to find the file anywhere, i do however see libmysqlclient.a. Here's the call that i'm using ::

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$database", 'usr', 'pass') || die "couldn't open";

I'm pretty sure it's not my code but a configuration problem. Any suggestions?

thanks

 

[missbarbell]

First off have you installed all the perl modules relating to DBI and MySQL, in particular Msql-Mysql-modules? Setting up Perl to talk to MySQL can be a bit tricky, but I have managed it on both Linux and Windows platforms without too much pain.

Have a look to at

http://www.mysql.com

as that may help, in particular the following link:

http://209.220.160.228/sw/bin/12/supportwizard.cgi/11933610

HTH,
Barbie. Leader of Birmingham Perl Mongers

http://birmingham.pm.org