Re: mp2 and Class:DBI

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Mike Carlton wrote:
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> 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

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