use Class::DBI::AutoLoader (
  dsn       => 'dbi:mysql:dbname',
  username  => 'gryphon',
  password  => 'password',
  tables    => ['item'],
  namespace => 'Stuff',
  use_base  => 'Class::DBI::mysql'
);
my $item = Stuff::Item->retrieve(1);
print $item->name, "\n";