Apache::DBI (another) question

[Helmut Zeilinger]

Hi all,

Software (Apache 2.2.4,  mpm prefork / 8 children, mp 2.0.3, Apache::DBI 
1.06)

On Apache startup i am loading a module via "startup.pl", which establishes
a database (mysql) connection:

[..]
package SomeModule;
..
sub new {
   my $this = shift;
   my $class = ref($this) || $this;
   my $self = {};
   bless $self, $class;

   $self->{'dbh'} = DBI->connect ("DBI:mysql:somedb:localhost", "root", 
"", {RaiseError => 1});
  
   return $self;
}
my $object = HZLabs::DBInit->new ();
[..]

"$object" lives until the server is killed again.

startup.pl:

[..]
use Apache::DBI;
use DBI;
use SomeModule;
[..]


While running the server there is only one apache - mysql connection 
visible via
"mysqladmin processlist" and not one connection for each apache child 
process
as usually.

I have found no irregularities, but this statement in the Apache::DBI 
manpage makes me
worried:

"...Also it is not possible to create a database handle upon startup of 
the httpd and then inheriting this handle to every subsequent server. 
This will
cause clashes when the handle is used by two processes at the same time. .."


Questions:

Do i have to expect problems, when there will be more traffic on the 
server leading
to a situation where this connection will be used by more than one 
process at the "same time"?

Is the mysql_function "last_insert_id()" still working correct in this 
situation?

Thanks

Helmut