sub test { # DATA SOURCE NAME my $dsn = "dbi:mysql:$dbname:localhost:3306"; # PERL DBI CONNECT my $connect = DBI->connect($dsn, $user, $pw); my $query = "SELECT username, password, created FROM TempAccountRegistry"; my $query_handle = $connect->prepare($query); # EXECUTE THE QUERY $query_handle->execute(); # BIND TABLE COLUMNS TO VARIABLES $query_handle->bind_columns(\$username, \$password, \$created); # LOOP THROUGH RESULTS while($query_handle->fetch()) { print DB "$username, $password, $created\n"; } } #### use base 'Class::DBI'; DataStore::DAO::Base->connection("dbi:$source:$dbname", $user, $password); # I would like to add the method doing it the Class::DbI # way here.