Hi I usually do something like... $pgdbh = DBI->connect("DBI:Pg:dbname=testdb;host=myhost", 'user', 'pass', {RaiseError => 0, PrintError => 0}) or die "Cannot connect to testdb\n";
Adrian -----Original Message----- From: Anish Kumar K. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:26 To: beginners perl Subject: Can't connect to PG Hi I couldn't connect to the database. Following message is coming. Please help me in this regard. use strict; use warnings; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Pg:testdb','postgres','postgres') or die "Cannot connect to testdb\n"; exit; Output DBI->connect(testdb) failed: ERROR: Missing '=' after 'testdb' in conninfo at chkdbi.pl line 5 Cannot connect to testdb Thanks Anish ================================================================ This email message (and any accompanying file attachments) may contain copyright, confidential or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify Australian Fast Foods Pty Ltd by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. Any unauthorised review, use, alteration, disclosure or distribution of this email (including attachments) by an unintended recipient is prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, Australian Fast Foods Pty Ltd does not represent that this message or any attached files are free from computer viruses. ================================================================ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>