>>>>> "BLH" == Buddy Lee Haystack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BLH> There are two components to DBI. The perl module is required for BLH> database access, but the Apache DBI module is not. Although you BLH> really should use the Apache DBI module to maintain persistent BLH> connections to your database. Bad generic advice. You should use persistent connections when it makes sense to use them. BLH> Whether or not you use mod_perl is irrelevant. It is relevent if you want to use Apache::DBI. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/