On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Glen Eustace <geustace(at)godzone(dot)net(dot)nz> wrote:
> Thanks Tom, that is pretty much the conclusion I came to. I think I need to
> close the db connection prior to the fork and then re-open in the new child.
>
Yes, you pretty much have to do this. I usually do the close
immediately after fork in the child, but set the DBI attribute
InactiveDestroy on the handle so it doesn't destroy the parent's
handle.