Hello Polyglot,

> Should the connection be explicitly closed? and if so, should some command, e.g. "commit", be given first? Should a single connection be opened, and all queries funneled through that before closing it (and the script itself)?

In my limited experience I saw disconnect as soon as possible, obviously after having committed your transactions (there is also autocommit available). And yes, one single connection as suggested by wiser hippo.

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PS from Programming the Perl DBI

> Explicit disconnection from the database is not strictly necessary if you are exiting from your program after you have performed all the work, but it is a good idea. We strongly recommend that you get into the habit of disconnecting explicitly.

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In reply to Re: Best practices for closing database connections? by Discipulus
in thread Best practices for closing database connections? by Polyglot

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