retrieving cached connections

[Lev Lvovsky <suppressed>]

It looks like from reading the docs, that the startup.pl file can  
handle specifying more than one user for the purpose of making  
multiple connections with different database accounts.

I'm having a problem in retrieving these cached connections when  
running the code after server startup.  Am I correct in assuming that  
specifying identical DBI connection parameters in the mod_perl  
handler as those in the startup.pl connections will return the $dbh  
of the corresponding cached connection?

In using the 'mysql' client to show a list of connections, I see that  
in addition to the several cached connections I create upon startup,  
running a mod_perl handler creates another db connection (not using  
the cached one).

Any pointers appreciated.

thanks,
-lev