Here are some relevant information:

1. You can access the database using Perl DBI (with DBD::mysql) or Mysql.pm module.  You can also access it from the command line via Telnet using mysql command.  The path is /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql).

You can find more MySQL resources at http://www.mysql.com

Sample Script to Test Your MySQL Connection:

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#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use DBI;

$server = "mysql_server_name";
$database = "your_database_name";
$user = "your_user_name";
$pass = "your_password";
$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database:$server",$user,$pass);
die "Cannot connect: $DBI::errstr\n" unless $dbh;

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NOTE: Support for MySQL means that you can use run MySQL database on our servers. It does not mean that we provide any technical assistance nor tutorial on the subject.