This section is from the "Practical mod_perl" book, by Stas Bekman and Eric Cholet. Also available from Amazon: Practical mod_perl
If Apache::DBI doesn't work, first make sure that you have it installed. Then make sure that you configured mod_perl with either:
PERL_CHILD_INIT=1 PERL_STACKED_HANDLERS=1
or:
EVERYTHING=1
Turn on debug mode using the $Apache::DBI::DEBUG variable.
 
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