I think I'm missing something here, but isn't this as easy as making sure that TartLib's dbi connection variable is in the EXPORT list, or you provide a function that returns it if you want better encapsulation?: eg... 
my $sth = TArtLib::dbi->prepare("select * from table") or die DBI::err
+str;
my $sth2 = TArtLib->dbi()->prepare("select * from table") or die DBI::
+errstr;

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What's confusing is that you say you want it from the persistent connection from the command line as you'd get from running Apache::DBI. Unless you have an aspect of your program that will be running constantly acting as a server, I don't see how you can get this, as TArtLib will be initialized every runtime from the command line, reconnecting it to the database. Maybe I'm just mistaken here.
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In reply to Re: OOP Access of variables by Masem
in thread OOP Access of variables by simeon2000

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