Ok, great! And just to make sure I understand that I'm doing it right (since both ways work), should the finish be right after the execute() in a while() loop, or after the while(): 
$dbh->connect(...);

# prepare statements
$sth->prepare("SELECT ...");
$sth2->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table WHERE col=?");

# loop through sth results
$sth->execute;
while(($var)=$sth->fetchrow_array) {

    # select the count -- only 1 result row
    $sth2->execute($var);
    ($count)=$sth2->fetchrow_array;
    # finish() here after each fetch?
    $sth2->finish;

}
# or should finish() for sth2 be called here 
# when sth2 won't be used again?
#$sth2->finish;

$dbh->disconnect;

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Thanks for your wisdom!!

In reply to Re^8: DBI, prepare_cached, finish, and forks by Anonymous Monk
in thread DBI, prepare_cached, finish, and forks by Anonymous Monk

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