my $mysql_config = $new_object->load_config(); use DBI; $database_handle_of{ident $new_object} = DBI->connect( "DBI:mysql:database=$mysql_config->{'table'}; host=$mysql_config->{'host'}; port=$mysql_config->{'port'};", $mysql_config->{'user'}, $mysql_config->{'password'}, { mysql_enable_utf8 => 1 } ) or croak $DBI::errstr; my $drh = DBI->install_driver("mysql");