I have currently converted my code to use CDBI instead of inline SQL statements. However, I was browsing my test site yesterday and got a weird error. I went and checked the Apache logs and it turned out that there were too many concurent connections to my database.

This of course couldn't be true since I was the only one viewing it. However, I was confused becuase that means that CDBI isn't closing its connection. I was unaware (from my reading of the docs) of a need to do the equilalant of a:

$sth->finish and $dbh->disconnect

with CDBI.

In reality this probably is a result of me using mod_perl. But I still can't figure out how to fix this. I checked the CDBI wiki which had a page on problems using CDBI with mod_perl but I didn't see what I am experiencing discussed.

Anyone have any clues?

Update:

I am not using Apache::DBI. I will look into it. Right now there are no calls to finish. I think 200 database connections is plenty. Raising it would just artically hid the problem. For example, if I just hit refresh on my main pain and type this into my mysql termianl: 

show status;

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The value of Threads_connected seems to increase unbounded (every time I refresh it increments by 1). This should not happen. It should increase to a certain number and then stop.

In reply to Class::DBI and mod_perl by debiandude

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