I'm using something like that right now, and it's not as bad as you think. Here's owtdi:

Step 1. Connect to the database, and get a database handle. You could do this in your main script, or in the module. If you do it in the module, have it return the database handle to the main script, like this:

In the module:
sub george_connect {
    return DBI->connect('yada yada');
}
In the main script:
my $dbh = george_connect;

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Step 2. Pass the database handle to each sub in the module as needed, e.g. select_cakes_by_type($dbh, 'battenburg');

Step 3. Disconnect in module or main script.

hth,
andy.

update: works fine with Apache::DBI

In reply to Re: Using a single DBI handle in a script and a module by andye
in thread Using a single DBI handle in a script and a module by George_Sherston

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