Re: Release connections in MODPERL

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, D. Duccini wrote:

> normally in PERL it shuts it down when the perl goes away, but in mod
> perl, it doesn't go away

Yes, mod_perl keeps your code in memory, and you can't be sloppy like you
can be with plain old CGI, so you need to explicitly close your database
conenctions (in DBI, I think it's the disconnect() method).

Note also, if you are using Apache::DBI, it does some cool things like
connection pooling and stuff, specifically for use with mod_perl.

-- Brett
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