hi there, 1. Is there a easier way, I mean more transparent way to cache Tie to DBM files (I need READONLY). Something like "use Apache::DBI" in startup.pl file and then when I use "tie" or whatever ... if there is cached connection to get it instead creating new one, will this improve the speed very much. (I read mod_perl manual, but I want something simple for usage :")). 2. How big the DBM file can be .... for ex. what size Celeron300/128MB can handle fast enought, does anyone made some experiments. (At the moment I can't use real DB, cause I'm doing this over telnet connection :"(, and is very hard to configure a real one DB with all necesary stuff). 3. When I try to use tie %xxx,......, $DB_BTREE ....; or tie %xxx,......, $DB_HASH ....; I get the following error: " type parameter is not a reference at /usr/lib/perl/..../DB_File.pm line 255" (RH6) If I doesn't specify the type explictly there is no error. What I'm doing wrong. Thanx alot in advance. ===== iVAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====