Ok. I want to use apache Apache::Session::MySQL. Awesome. Looks really pretty. Sexy stuff.

I'm looking over it at cpan, and it's a little comfusing.

I should obviously create a database for it- right?

I should also make a table for it?

Do I have to predetermine what the data will be, that is- a table layout? in which case this is useless..

Thanks in advance for any help.

update: ( thanks mbeast ) ok, got further. still no cigar.
I get this: 

Can't connect to data source , no database driver specified and DBI_DS
+N env var not set at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Apache/Session/Lo
+ck/MySQL.pm line 36

        (in cleanup) Can't connect to data source , no database driver
+ specified and DBI_DSN env var not set at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.
+8.3/Apache/Session/Lock/MySQL.pm line 36

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I *know* my connect info is correct. I have a proper table in the db too..

I'm using a db handle

&openDBH; # subroutine that 
# places open handle globally accessible at $DBH

my %session;

tie %session, 'Apache::Session::MySQL', undef,
    {     Handle => $DBH,
        TableName => 'sessions2'        
    };

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I'm giving up on this one soon..

In reply to setting up to use Apache::Session::MySQL by leocharre

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