note fishmonger A much more robust solution would be to use Log::Log4perl. <p>Log::Log4perl [http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Log-Log4perl-1.38/lib/Log/Log4perl.pm]</p> <p>DBIx::Log4perl [http://search.cpan.org/~mjevans/DBIx-Log4perl-0.26/lib/DBIx/Log4perl.pm]</p> <p>Log::Log4perl::Appender::DBI [http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Log-Log4perl-1.38/lib/Log/Log4perl/Appender/DBI.pm]</p> Log::Dispatch::DBI [http://search.cpan.org/~miyagawa/Log-Dispatch-DBI-0.02/lib/Log/Dispatch/DBI.pm] 1001019 1001019