[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hello all, > > I am trying to reduce the size of my child httpd processes. We are using > modperl, Embperl, DBI and DBD:Oracle. Our current httpd processes quickly > grow to 22M or so after a database connection. I read in the modperl docs > that modules can be preloaded into the parent httpd process and the child > process will then share the code. I setup a startup.pl file to preload the > modules I need, but instead of reducing the child process size, all httpd > processes are now 22M as soon as apache is started. Modperl is compiled This is good: http://perl.apache.org/guide Read up on what's shared and what's not. -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire -----------------------------------------------------------------