Hi, I have a quick question concerning miminmizing/passing database connections. Basically, I have a about 3,000 lines of code broken into various subroutines. I would like to parse similar subroutines into packages so I can keep track of the code. However, the way I have the program run now is that everytime the script is instantiated, a database connection is readied as a global variable, I then I start calling subroutines.It looks like this..
$dbh=new db connection
#some code here that calls subroutines
sub test{
$sth=$dbh->prepare(etc..)
}
sub test2{
$sth=$dbh->prepare(etc..)
}

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This way I can call multiple subroutines that use the db without having to constantly create db connections.
If I start packaging up the subroutines and calling them from a main script, I won't be able to maintain a global database connection. I really want to avoid, creating an individual db connection in each subroutine. This isn't very efficient right? Is it acceptable to create a db connection in the main portion of the script, then pass it to the subroutines in the packages?
for instance,
$dhb=new db connection
Test::Package->($dbh); #call sub with db connection

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Is there a better way to do this?

In reply to Database Connections by Anonymous Monk

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