mysql_connect_timeout problem when using times less than 1 sec

[Duncan Wren]

The DBI module when connecting to a mysql database seams to only support
integer values for the mysql_connect_timeout if you use say 0.5 secs as the
timeout value it defaults to 3secs. Does anyone know a way round this
problem as i need a very short timeout in my application.

for example

#does not work and defaults to 3 secs timeout
$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:db_name:db_host:3306;mysql_connect_timeout=
0.5","username","password");

#does work and timesout after 1 sec
$dbh =
DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:db_name:db_host:3306;mysql_connect_timeout=1","username","password");

Thanks

Duncan