Hi Mark.
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Mark Blythe wrote:
> I have been testing and troubleshooting this for days, and I can find no
> other answer to my problem except that DBD::mysql has a memory leak.
>
> I have narrowed it down to this small script running through
> Apache::Registry:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
I know this is not related directly to your question... but, I don't think
you have to specify the DBD::mysql module.... you only need to use DBI...
> use DBI;
> use DBD::mysql;
> use strict;
>
> print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
>
> my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:mysql:db;host=localhost", "user", "pass")
> or die "no DB!\n";
>
> my $sth = $dbh->prepare(q{
> select * from junk where id = 10
> });
>
> $sth->execute() or die "no sql\n";
> while (my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array())
> {
> print join("\n", @row), "\n";
> }
>
> $sth->finish;
> $dbh->disconnect;
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This script runs just fine, and displays the contents of the single
> specified MySQL row. However, if I watch the size of my httpd process, it
> will grow over time as I access the script repeatedly.
>
> I use the following script to load test it:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> use LWP::Simple `get`;
>
> $uri = shift;
> $hits = 0;
>
> $SIG{INT} = sub { print "fetched: $hits"; exit };
>
> while(1) {
> get $uri or die "get failed!";
> $hits++;
> }
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am using the latest DBD::mysql module, as far as I can tell. I forced a
> reinstall with CPAN shell, just to be sure. Here is my version info:
>
> Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215
> Embedded Perl version v5.6.0 for Apache/1.3.12 (Unix) mod_perl/1.24
>
> As common as this mod_perl/DBD/MySQL combination is, SOMEBODY else has to
> have had this same trouble and solved it. Right? ... Right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Blythe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> P.S. I've used Apache::Leak and Apache::Status to no avail.
>
>
- Sean
