On Wed, 3 May 2000, Jim Serio wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is even a problem but it's always
> been on my mind. I use Apache::DBI and I have a general
> module that handles db connections for my scripts. Here's
> the relevant portion:
>
> my $DBH ||= DBI->connect("...")
>
> It basically accepts a hash ref to the dbconfig and opens
> a connection. My httpd.conf is set with 5 spare clients
> MIN and 10 MAX.
>
> I'm the only one using this module right now and starting
> httpd fresh results in no conections. Running my test CGI
> script once results in two (2) mysql connections. Running
> it again, results in four (4) connections. This will
> eventually continue until the number of mysql connections
> is always four (4) more than httpd processes.
>
> The thing that I can't figure out is that my scripts
> properly open and close the db connection, so why doesn't
> Apache::DBI re-use the original connection? Why spawn
> one more each time?
>
> I've checked the FAQ and searched the archives and found
> no info (other than someone else asking this same question
> last year with no helpful answer) and the Apache:DBI man
> page doesn't touch on this.
Are you sure it's not:
Opening connections with different parameters
http://perl.apache.org/guide/databases.html#Opening_connections_with_differe
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