"show databases" via DBD::mysql

[Peter Corlett]

Paul Makepeace <london.pm.org at paulm.com> wrote:
[...]
> If I omit dbname=foo from the DSN it complains about a database not
> being selected.

You can use dbname=mysql, as the mysql database is guaranteed to be
present.

> PS for those that don't read subject lines assiduously, this is
> about MySQL not any other, very possibly compliant, DB.

You'll be wanting the "template1" database instead :)

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