perl dbi:mysql shows error syntax error dbi:mysql ??

haxpak · 02-25-2009, 10:48 AM

hello

i am trying to use perl to connect to mysql

my perl script looks like this:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl


use warnings;
use DBI;
use strict;

my $database = "project";
my $driver = "DBI:mysql";
my $dbh = DBI->connect($driver:$database, "root", "") or die "cant connect to mysql";

$dbh->do("insert into Cards values ('10896' , '1100')");
$dbh->disconnect;

but when i run the script i get error saying:

Quote:

syntax error at ./testdbi.pl line 10, near "$driver:"
Execution of ./testdbi.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

have issued the following commands
if it is of some use?

Code:

our @ary = DBI->available_drivers;
#foreach (keys %drivers)
foreach (@ary)
{
print "$_ \n";
}

exit;

it returned

Quote:

DBM
ExampleP
File
Gofer
Proxy
Sponge
mysql

also

Code:

%drivers = DBI->installed_drivers();

returns nothing

Code:

perl -MDBI -e 'DBI->installed_versions'

at shell returned the following:

Quote:

Perl : 5.010000 (x86_64-linux-thread-multi)
OS : linux (2.6.18-92.1.18.el5)
DBI : 1.607
DBD::mysql : 4.005
DBD::Sponge : 12.010002
DBD::Proxy : install_driver(Proxy) failed: Can't locate RPC/PlClient.pm in @INC
DBD::Gofer : 0.011565
DBD::File : 0.35
DBD::ExampleP : 12.010007
DBD:BM : 0.03

please help me

haxpak · 02-25-2009, 11:29 AM

someone please reply

knudfl · 02-25-2009, 12:58 PM

'Duplicate' of
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-mysql-707427/

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..........

About your script : Why not change the syntax in line 10 ? ?

This will work different, and won't print 'syntax error'
Line 10 :

Code:

my $dbh = DBI->connect ( $driver, $database, "root" ) or die "cant connect to mysql";

Just guessing after a brief look here ( I am no coder )
http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI/DBI.pm
.....

To get around this

Quote:

DBD::Proxy : install_driver(Proxy) failed: Can't locate RPC/PlClient.pm in @INC

# cpan
cpan > install Net.Daemon RPC::PlClient
.....
P.S.: should have been 2 colons ( : ) between 'Net', 'Daemon',
can't write it, will display a 'smiley' instead.
....

knudfl · 02-26-2009, 11:27 AM

Sorry .........

haxpak · 02-26-2009, 11:09 PM

thanks to all of you
but i finally figred it out,
it was not mentioned anywhere just by chance

Code:

my $dsn = "dbi:mysql:project"
my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn, "root", "") or die "cant connect to mysql";

i think

Code:

$ dbh = DBI->connect("$driver:$database", "root", "");

would also do the trick
so u see the ":" has to be inserted in the string.....

thanks all of u.

will come again if i face any other problem