some questionsa dn thoughts about apache dbi and sessions

ive been trying to figure out how to implement an Apache::Session object

Any help would be appreciated

I was thinking of just including CGI::Session would this be cludgy as it
includes cgi in it which is unessecary as the request object is fully
accessible

Ive looked at mod_perl's apache session as well as arrows {mod ruby
engine } 

Ive also looked on the raa and found no code although there is a project
or two


Im not sure how the mod_ruby children work exactly, which segues into my
next question regarding dbi

in mod_perl you can require a dbh handle for the apache child, it
startup.pl

is this possible in ruby as well?
i dont see a connect on init type handler