Hey I have been trying to optimize my mod-perl scripts, by following some of the instructions at http://perl.apache.org/guide/performance.html. I have added my mod-perl modules to my startup.pl file for Apache - along with usual stuff and CGI, Apache::DBI and DBI->install_driver("mysql"); When I stop-start apache, i get the following entries in the mysql log: 842 Connect root@localhost on server101 842 Quit 843 Connect root@localhost on server101 843 Quit 844 Connect root@localhost on server101 844 Quit .... and on, it just keeps repeating until i kill apache again. What should i be looking for in my modperl modules that would cause this? Is it launching each connection for each server on startup(STARTSERVERS)? What am i missing here? When I put the modules in the startup, there is a fair bit more memory shared - just the mysql connections at startup are a problem. What can I do? Let me know if you need more info. Thanks for your help Regards, ___________ Steven Wren [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.server101.com Webhosting and E-commerce Solutions The world is not only stranger than we suppose, it is stranger than we can suppose. -J.B.S. Haldane