alright. so here is the issue. MySQL driver does not come as a default with the ActiveState builld. It has mySQLPP but it is not the right drive to choose.
so after research here is what I found.
For ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1002 use:
ppm install
http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/DBD-mysql.ppdThis worked and I have the ticket system working fine now.
Hope this will be helpful for others..