#!/usr/bin/perl -w use DBI; use strict; my ($dsn) = "DBI:mysql:test;mysql_read_default_file=$ENV{HOME}/.my.cnf"; my ($user_n) = ""; my ($pass) = ""; my ($dbh,$sth); my (@ary); my ($query); $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$user_n,$pass,{ RaiseError => 1 });