#!/usr/bin/perl use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect( 'dbi:mysql:database=mapsbookex;host=db.maps.mcslp.com', 'mapsbookex', 'examples', ); if (defined($dbh)) { $dbh->do('create table ch12_routesimple (routeid int auto_increment not null primary key, ' . 'title varchar(80),description varchar(255))'); $dbh->do('create table ch12_routepoints (routeid int,lat float,lng float)'); } else { die "Couldn't open connection to database\n"; }