Perl script to mySQL

I'm writng a perl script that will insert data into a database, but if continues to fail. I am getting the error message below. Does anyone have any ideas to get this to work. Thanks in advance for your help.

(Error Message from /etc/httpd/logs/error_log)

Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-linux/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for module DBI:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-linux/auto/DBI/DBI.so: undefined symbol: dirty at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 169.

at /home/httpd/cgi-bin/test1.cgi line 30
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/httpd/cgi-bin/test1.cgi line 30.

(snippet of code from Perl Script)

use lib '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl';
use DBI;
$db = "DBI:mysql:test";
$table = "requests";
$user = "root";
$password = "abc!123";

$dbh = DBI->connect('$db', '$user', '$password') || die "Connect failed: $DBI::errstr\n";

$sql = "INSERT INTO $table (first,last,eid,jtitle,project,phone,fax,email,role,approver,approverTitle,approverEmail) VALUES ('$fname','$lname','$employeeID','$jtitle','$application','$phone','$fax','$email','$role','$approve dBy','$approvedByTitle','$approverEmail')";

$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) || die "prepare: $sql: $DBI::errstr";

$sth->execute || die "execute: $sql: $DBI::errstr";
$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();

Looks like it could be something wrong with the installation of DBI. That or perhaps the 'use lib' is throwing it off. You don't need to have that if you've installed DBI correctly. I don't think that's it though.

After your post, I started reviewing the error message in several other locations, and I believe you are correct.
Other sites mention that DBI should be upgraded from the version that I have to eliminate the problem.
I'll upgrade the DBI and let ya know if it works...thanks!