On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Stas Bekman wrote: > Mike Carlton wrote: > [...] > > But isn't there a problem with making db connections from startup.pl? > > When the processes later fork, you potentially wind up with database > > connection problems (I saw lots of problems under MP1 when I was doing > > this). > > > > Particularly with Class::DBI::mysql, just loading a class makes a > > database connection. Is there a safe way to make database connections > > from startup.pl and not have it blow up? > > Not if you use PerlChildInitHandler to open the actual connection, like > Apache::DBI does: > http://modperlbook.org/html/ch20_02.html
Hi Stas, It's probably just me, but just to clarify the wording - are you saying the use of PerlChildInitHandler, as in Apache::DBI, *is* a safe way to to initiate database connections within a startup.pl? Also, does that depend on whether one's using threads (assuming the underlying database engine is thread safe). Thanks. -- best regards, randy
