Eric Kolve writes:
> Is it possible to share a database handle initialized in a parent with
> forked children ? What I want to do is process a file which needs to
> execute many SELECT statements in parallel. I am wondering if each
> child needs to instantiate its own dbh or whether you can execute sql
> simultaneously against the same dbh.
Hi Eric!
The answer is: it depends.
With Sybase it works (that's how I implement connection pooling in the
Apache process). My understanding from Tim B. is that this doesn't
work with Oracle, however.
Michael
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