At present my script is forking a child and doing DBI->connect for each child... and upon disconnect the child get's killed and DBI->dissconnects. I would like to keep the same scenario... which is not a mission having in mind the existing async DBI components for POE... I just don't have any experience with POE and DBI... Perhaps if someone can give me a link or a short example will help a lot, so I don't need to reinvent the wheel. BTW I read everything for both four modules, but I cant see a way to keep my db handlers... the way they are now ($result = $dbh->prepare()...). Thanks for your great response!