In a mod_perl environment, your variables (like database handles) can live longer than a single request if you declare them in a scope "outside" of the request.

For example: 

package MyHandler;

use strict;
use warnings 'all';
use Apache2::RequestRec;
use Apache2::RequestUtil;

# Declare it here:
my $persistent_thing;

sub handler : method {
  my ($class, $r) = @_;

  # The first time this is executed in a child process, it will be cre
+ated.
  # After that, you will just reuse the same one:
  $persistent_thing ||= make_the_thing();
}

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Please also check out Ima::DBI::Contextual as it solves the whole thing. 

package MyDBI;

use base 'Ima::DBI::Contextual';

my @dsn = ( 'DBI:mysql:dbname:hostname', 'username', 'password', {
  # Other options go here:
  RaiseError => 1,
});
__PACKAGE__->set_db('Main', @dsn);

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Then, elsewhere:

use MyDBI;

# Automatically pooled and recreated if the old one times out or dies:
my $dbh = MyDBI->db_Main;

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In reply to Re: Are connections automatically pooled when using mod_perl? by jdrago999
in thread Are connections automatically pooled when using mod_perl? by PerlOnTheWay

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