NAME

MOBY::mysql - makes a MYSQL database connection.

SYNOPSIS

 use MOBY::simple_output;
 my $dbh = MOBY::central_db_connection->new(
        db_connect_object => "MOBY::mysql",
        username => "myusername"
        password => "mypassword",
        dbname => "dbname",
        host => "dbhost",
 )

 $sth = $dbh->prepare("select * from tablename");

DESCRIPTION

makes a mysql conneciton to the database. Should be created via a central_db_connection object only!

AUTHORS

Mark Wilkinson (mwilkinson@gene.pbi.nrc.ca)