#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use v5.10;

use DBI;
say "Perl MySQL Connect Demo";

my $db = 'db'; # or whatever it really is
my $server = 'server'; # ditto
my $dsn = "DBI:mysql:database=$db;host=$server";
my $username = "user";
my $password = 'password';

my $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$username,$password);