NAME

Apache::Mysql - Initiate a persistent database connection to Mysql

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use Apache::Mysql;
$dbh = Apache::Mysql->connect(...);
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module supplies a persistent database connection to Mysql. You will need to have mysqlperl installed on your system. You should really use Apache::DBI instead of this module (this module was written when DBI::Mysql had problems, which have since been corrected).

This is the first version of the first module I have ever written, so expect errors! Any feedback or suggestions are gratefully received.

All you really need is to replace Mysql with Apache::Mysql. When connecting to a database the module looks if a database handle from a previous connect request is already stored. If not, a new connection is established and the handle is stored for later re-use. The destroy method has been intentionally left empty.

SEE ALSO

Apache(3), Mysql(3)

AUTHORS

            

              
              
MySQL and mysqlperl by Michael (Monty) Widenius <month@tcx.se> 
mod_perl by Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org>
Apache::Mysql by Neil Jensen <njensen@habaneros.com>