# Error mySQL connect

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-mysql-connect/110031>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 10, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-mysql-connect/110031 "2024-02-10T15:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Pino](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pino)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-mysql-connect/110031/1 "2024-02-10T15:50:14Z")

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I’m using Julia 1.8.5 and I’m trying to operate on a mysql database.

When I try to use the below string I get a UndefVarError:mysql\_connect. I wonder if there’s a compatibility problem because the code I’m using seems legit:

```julia
using MySQL
using FileIO
using CSV

const MYSQL_HOST = "string"
const MYSQL_USER = "string"
const MYSQL_PASSWORD = "string"
const MYSQL_DB = "string"

con = mysql_connect(MYSQL_HOST, MYSQL_USER, MYSQL_PASSWORD, db = MYSQL_DB, port=3306)

```

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**Author:** ![abraemer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/abraemer/32/51403_2.png) [@abraemer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/abraemer)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-mysql-connect/110031/2 "2024-02-10T16:42:14Z")

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Apparently `mysql_connect` is the wrong name for the function you seek. The [getting started of `MySQL.jl`](https://mysql.juliadatabases.org/dev/#Getting-started-1) uses `DBInterface.connect(MySQL.Connection, host, user, passwd)`