I''m forking a process and then doing db-interaction with AR instances, both in the forked process and its parent. In the code that forks, I''m calling ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection, and I''m calling the same class method in the parent process, right after the fork call. Is this the correct approach to ensure that my AR instances will behave properly in both processes, the parent and the child? If anybody is willing to share the theory of what''s going on behind the scenes, I''d be interested. Are class variables (i.e., the connection) process-specific? I''m Using mysql/linux. cheers Gerret