On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 19:07 +0000, Angie Ahl wrote: > Will this work? Yes.
> Will I have problems with variables becoming "shared" ie vars values > getting mixed up between connections? No, not if you call DBI->connect() every time you want a connection. You only get in trouble if you keep your own copies of the database handles around and then get them mixed up. > Is PerlSetVar the best way to pass values from httpd.conf to perl > securely? It's a good way, although there are plenty of others. I use a separate config file usually. > Do I need to open/close the connection in each of the modules too or > can I pass the $dbh object to each of my external subroutines, or is > there an even better way. Either of those will work, or you could make your own "get_dbh()" function that handles the dir_config stuff and calls DBI->connect() and just use that from your subs. - Perrin
