I'd strongly recommend using DBI along with DBD::mysql.
Example of connecting here.
The Mysql module is an obsolete interface and you should not use it in new code.
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that was on the tutorial , just google for more info
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This is the danger of just copying and pasting random crap off the web. CPAN (which I linked to above) always has the latest versions of modules and has the documentation straight from the authors. Why would you grab a random tutorial when the subject matter experts, the guys who
wrote the module have the latest and greatest right in the docs?
I mean, aside from laziness.