My suggestion would be to use Apache::DBI too if ur not already doing so. my guess is that the database handles open by DBI (not to be mistaken for Apache::DBI) might remain open eventually leading to inability to access mysql anymore.
hope that helps. Gokul --- Alejandro Galue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > I'm using Fedora Core 3 with this packages version > (RPM): > > httpd-2.0.52-3.1 > mod_perl-1.99_16-3 > perl-DBI-1.40'5 > perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9004-4 > libdbi-0.6.5-10 > libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.6.5-10 > mysql-4.1.9-1 > mysql-server-4.1.9-1 > mysqlclient10-3.23.58-4 > > I downloaded source rpm for Mysql from > fedora-development and rebuild on a > updated fedora core 3. > > I have an application that run a script to read and > modify mysql (this part > works great), and the web interface for this > application. This web interface > > was created totally with mod_perl. > > After a certain amount of time, it cannot be > possible to use the database > frontend via web becase it cannot connect to > database. This problem appears > when we run the application in a limited RAM machine > - 128 - 256MB; before > that we have never experience the problem. It has > been working ok in HW with > RAM between 386MB and 512MB RAM. > > I can enter to database manually and check status > and mysql is up; but I > need to restart apache to have the Web front-end > working properly again. > > After some hours the failure shows up again. > > Anyone have any idea of what is happening here ? > > My guest is : the problem should be related to > perl-DBI or mod_perl or maybe > the configuracion of modperl or mysql. My questions > in this case: > > - Does it sound like the place to look for the > problem ? > - Any tips on how to turn on the debugging on this > components ? How to > figure out which one is responsible for the failure > and why ? > > Thanks in advance, > Alejandro Galue. > > > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/