Re: libapreq test issues

2006-08-29 Thread Ben Wheeler
I'm getting exactly the same test failures in libapreq2 as reported by Arshavir Grigorian on 4th Aug 2006, on a different platform (Solaris v Linux, gcc 3.4 v 4.0), same Apache (2.2.3). To recap, the failures are all in glue/perl/t/apreq/cookie.t: t/apreq/cookie...ok 6/13# Failed test 7 in t/

Re: Best Practices Question

2006-08-29 Thread Michael Peters
Daniel B. Hemmerich wrote: > What is a better route to go? > > > >1. Have a handler in Apache call a package directly using a handler() > – having the module itself parse out arguments passed in and > loading configuration files based on argument values. >2. Build a script

Re: libapreq test issues

2006-08-29 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
Can you post the stderr and glue/perl/t/error_log assuming output AFTER you've installed LWP. The test requires LWP to run, not liabpreq. Ben Wheeler wrote: The plan lines say things like plan tests => 4, have_lwp; so does that mean they being skipped because I don't have LWP installed? P.S.

RE: Best Practices Question

2006-08-29 Thread Daniel B. Hemmerich
Thanks Michael for your time! I am currently using just CGI which as I have found out is loaded with a lot more than I need. Our application services over 250,000 unique users a day - so efficiency is definitely what I have in mind. We've thrown hardware at it so far, but it is time for us to imp

Request for Information

2006-08-29 Thread dhaval gada
Hi, I am using Apache::Session module for state persistence. However I am getting the following error : [1989]ERR: 24: Error in Perl code: Global data is not accessible: Died at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/Apache/Session/Generate/MD5.pm line 40. Atari 800 HTML::Embperl 1.3.6 [Fri Aug 25 11:18:35

getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Adriano Ferreira
Hi, mod_perl people. I am preparing a presentation about technologies which make Perl more visible. In this vein, I would like to say a few words about mod_perl. But I am short of knowledge on this subject and need to understand some things about it, to sound convivincing. Then I dare to bother t

Re: Request for Information

2006-08-29 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 13:35 -0400, dhaval gada wrote: > [1989]ERR: 24: Error in Perl code: Global data is not accessible: Died > at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/Apache/Session/Generate/MD5.pm line 40. > > Atari 800 HTML::Embperl 1.3.6 [Fri Aug 25 11:18:35 2006] If you're really running on an Atari 80

Re: getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Clinton Gormley
On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 15:20 -0300, Adriano Ferreira wrote: > Hi, mod_perl people. > > I am preparing a presentation about technologies which make Perl more > visible. In this vein, I would like to say a few words about mod_perl. > But I am short of knowledge on this subject and need to understand

Re: getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 15:20 -0300, Adriano Ferreira wrote: > Q: how does mod_perl compares to PHP? Since this comes up frequently, many people have tried to answer it. You can see some threads if you search perlmonks.org for PHP. Here are some to get you started: http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=382

Re: getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Frank Wiles
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:27:02 +0200 Clinton Gormley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 15:20 -0300, Adriano Ferreira wrote: > > Hi, mod_perl people. > > > > I am preparing a presentation about technologies which make Perl > > more visible. In this vein, I would like to say a few wo

Re: Request for Information

2006-08-29 Thread dhaval gada
Hi Perrin, I did try the Embperl site, but could'n't find anything there. Also, I believe is it more to do with the Apache::Session module. I am able to create a new cookie when the session is started for the 1st time, but it fails and gives the error mesg when it either tries to read the cook

Re: getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Adriano Ferreira
On 8/29/06, Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:27:02 +0200 Based on what I've read recently performance is comparable. They are both free so I'm not sure what you mean by cost. I meant cost with respect to the machine resources: mainly, memory and processor time

Re: getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Boysenberry Payne
I started as a PHP/Javascript guy, then moved to Perl. Perl has proven to be way more flexible a language to program in, a pro to me, a con to some. Besides its support for myriad programming styles, CPAN offers hundreds, if not thousands of open source modules to use with perl. This is good for

Re: Request for Information

2006-08-29 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 14:45 -0400, dhaval gada wrote: >I did try the Embperl site, but could'n't find anything there. Did you try the Embperl mailing list? > Also, I believe is it more to do with the Apache::Session module. There is no code in Apache::Session that generates that error messag

Re: getting to know more about mod_perl

2006-08-29 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
On Aug 29, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Adriano Ferreira wrote: I meant cost with respect to the machine resources: mainly, memory and processor time. Thanks a lot for the various references that I am going to absorb. mod_perl consumes more memory than php- php compiles into a smaller footprint, but i