# This is a previous connection my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:database=test;host=localhost', 'root +', ''); $dbh->do(q{SET NAMES utf8}); our %session = (); tie %session, 'Apache::Session::MySQL', undef, { Handle => $dbh, LockHandle => $dbh }; $session{some} = "asdfa5s4fd5s45f4d56af5"; # It's not saved $dbh->disconnect;