hi, I'm using Apache::DBI in a site using modperl and mason. Most of my database connections use Apache::DBI, and I wnat to keep them that way. However, I'm finding special cases where I need to be able to open a database connection only temporarily- the standard DBI way- as opposed to using a persistent Apache::DBI connection. Is there any way to force Apache::DBI to close off a connectoin? fwiw, if it's not posible, I realize I can just call another perl script that uses plain DBI, and have it do the work outside of the apache environment. but that's messy. :) thanks, todd