Silently ignores "; host=$hostname"

[drboone]

Not sure if this is a DBI or DBD::mysql issue.

A DSN like "dbi:mysql:$database; host=$hostname" will silently ignore the host= clause and connect to localhost. This is bad juju: one could end up making changes to the wrong database. It's also a serious violation of "principle of least astonishment. The DSN should either be accepted and used fully, or rejected fully, not selectively ignored.

[dveeden]

So the issue here is the space in front of host?

[drboone]

Seems to be.