MySQL & Perl Programming?

Hello again.
I am attempting to create a perl program, that runs off of a mySQL database. The first perl script initializes the database, then uses it. The first script then calls the second (as a frame in the page created). Do I need to initialize mySQL (connect) again in the second script?

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The answer is (probably) yes.

The question is really whether the "called script" inheirits the open file descriptors of the "caller". For most scripting languages (and the perl implementations that I know of), the answer is no, and so you have to open the connection again.

- Erik



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-Erik

I agree with Erik. I don't see how a file descriptor can be passed from one script to another. Maybe by setting an environment variable?

plato