On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 01:53 +0200, eng.waleed wrote: > hi > I try connect to my sql from perl but it is does not work and when I > check the log I see this output > Perhaps the DBD::mysql perl module hasn't been fully installed, > I instal the DBD::mysql but it is look as configuration required in > the my.cnf can any one help? > BR ---- /etc/my.cnf # for local mysql server configuration ~/.my.cnf # for user configuration (ie password, server, etc.) most logically, any perl connection to mysql will have the connection parameters embedded within the perl statement itself and thus the settings in /etc/my.cnf or ~/.my.cnf are not meaningful to perl you probably want to install perl-DBI package and then look at the man page for DBI Craig