Thank you esteemed jethro for your insight. I did test 4 threads running the same code at the same time (obviously with no tie to a database) and while memory use went up, the total time was about 1.5 times a single run, not the expected 4 times longer i would have without threads. CPU usage went up to 95%+ instead of 25% that was used without threads.

Plus I am back on track thanks to monk clinton, who told me to tie to the database inside the thread, one tie for each thread. Seems to work so far.

And thanks for the tip on MLDBM::Sync. I am using it without problems so far. lance

In reply to Re^2: If I am tied to a db and I join a thread, program chrashes by lance0r
in thread If I am tied to a db and I join a thread, program chrashes by lance0r

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