Alternatives to Apache::DBI?

[Kurt Hansen]

Hello,

I'm wondering what techniques folks are using to get persistent database 
connections other than Apache::DBI.

Apache::DBI has worked great, but I've treated it as a black box and so 
don't fully understand what it is doing in the box. That was fine, but 
the fact that the current version (1.07) on CPAN is broken and has been 
for a year suggests to me that people are using other methods. These 
methods might be better than what I've been doing.

I've read about connect caching and pooling, but I'm not sure if this is 
what I want to do instead or where best to read up about it.

Thanks!

Kurt Hansen