Sean,
Your diagnosis (paragraph 4) is correct, despite your efforts to talk
yourself out of it. DBI is independent, but DBD::mysql needs the mysql
client library. While you have upgraded to the latest DBI/DBD, you are
still using the mysql 4.0.2 client library which can't authenticate to your
Im having some difficulty with the perl DBI/DBD in conjunction with a MySQL
upgrade. Here's the situation:
On the DB server machine, i have MySQL 4.1.3beta running for testing
upgrading, but MySQL 4.0.2 is also running (production).
I can connect locally on the DB server through various client
