I'm having a lot of trouble with the following code: (bluebox.pm)

package bluebox;
use base 'CGI::Application';
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use DBI;
use strict;

sub setup {
 my $self = shift;
 $self->mode_param('mode');
 $self->start_mode('list');
 $self->run_modes(
  'list' => \&list,
  'view' => \&view,
  'edit' => \&edit,
  'new'  => \&new,
  'del'  => \&del
 );

 $self->param('dbh' => DBI->connect('dbi:mysql:adb, 'user', 'pass', { 
+RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 0 }));
}

sub teardown {
 my $self = shift;

 $self->param('dbh')->disconnect();
}

sub list {
 my $self = shift;
 my $q = $self->query();
 my $output;
 my $dbh = $self->param('dbh');

 $output .= $q->header();
 $output .= $q->start_html();
 $output .= "This is the list page.\n";
 $output .= $q->end_html;
 return $output;
}

sub view {
 my $self = shift;
 my $q = $self->query();
 my $output;
        my $dbh = $self->param('dbh');

 return $output;
}

sub edit {
 my $self = shift;
 my $q = $self->query();
 my $output;
        my $dbh = $self->param('dbh');

 return $output;
}

sub new {
 my $self = shift;
 my $q = $self->query();
 my $output;
        my $dbh = $self->param('dbh');

 return $output;
}

sub del {
 my $self = shift;
 my $q = $self->query();
 my $output;
        my $dbh = $self->param('dbh');

 return $output;
}

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And as for the instance script: (bluebox.cgi)

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use bluebox;
use strict;

my $book = bluebox->new();
$book->run();
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AS you can see, I have not implemented the different modes' subs yet (or I just have test prints where it would be), but that shouldn't have anything to do with the problem.

When I run the instance script (on a apache server at localhost, with the module in @INC), I get the following errors:

Can't use string ("bluebox") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use 
+at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/CGI/Application.pm line 361.
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Does anyone have any ideas? This this something im doing, or is it maybe a bug (seems unlikely).

Also, what the monks here think about CGI::Application? FYI, this is going to eventully turn out to be an online phone book app (this isnt even the framework for the full implementation, just mostly trying out CGI::Application). Am I using CGI::Application in the right way? Any suggestion on the code so far would be greatly appreciated.