local DB only?

[Greg.Hering]

I'm have installed Perl 5.8 in my user area and I want to access a remote MySQL 
database (and later Oracle).
The DBD::mysql install fails because it can't find a config file.
Does the database have to be local to build the DBD?
 
Thanks,
 
Greg
 
 
Gregory L. Hering
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Huntsville, AL 35805
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