On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 11:39:12AM -0700, David Wheeler wrote: > On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 07:58 AM, Perrin Harkins wrote: > > >You guys should just be using DBI->connect_cached then. It does > >everything except the mod_perl cleanup handler. > > > >Note that I still write a utility class that knows where to get the > >database config and returns a connection, but I don't worry about doing > >anything to keep the connection persistent or ping it, and that's what > >Apache::DBI or DBI->connect_cached will take care of for you. > > Checking it out, I see that the DBI docs say: > > >Caching can be useful in some applications, but it can also cause > >problems and should be used with care. The exact behaviour of this > >method is liable to change, so if you intend to use it in any > >production applications you should discuss your needs on the dbi-users > >mailing list. > > So, do I need to ask anyone other than you, Perrin? Tim, are you > listening? Is this still somewhat experimental?
It's not changed in a long time so I guess not :) I'll remove that note. Tim.
