Re: Forcing $dbh->disconnect to really disconnect

d it's that other command that's not closing it properly and thus causing the process to hang around a little while before exiting. That's just a guess, though. In any case, thanks for the response. Jonathan Kamens

Forcing $dbh->disconnect to really disconnect

are global variables that the database code needs to update, but of course the changes it makes to those global variables in the subprocess don't affect the parent that's waiting for the subprocess to exit. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jonathan Kamens