[mythtv-users] database access

[R. G. Newbury]

backuppc at sundquist.imapmail.org wrote:

> But though I can log in either way on the command line, I can't get
> nuvexport and other scripts calling MythTV.pm to log into the database
> to work.
> 
> Note, I have found the same problem with many other scripts that try to
> log into the database, including optimize_mythdb.pl and even mythweb.
> 
> These are the lines of /usr/share/perl5/MythTV.pm where all these
> scripts try to log into the database:
> 
>     # Connect to the database
>         $self->{'dbh'} =
>         DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:database=$self->{'db_name'}:host=$self->{'db_host'};port=$self->{'db_port'}",
>                                       $self->{'db_user'},
>                                       $self->{'db_pass'})
>             or die "Cannot connect to database: $!\n\n";
> 

I would make a small bet that you are missing the Perl-DBI package or 
the libdbi package and it is the perl call which (silently) fails. Try 
browsing through the package lists for your distro and look for 
something like libdbi-dbd-mysql and/or perl-Class-DBI-mysql....

Geoff



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