Am 19.07.2010 17:20, schrieb Mark Fuller: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Dietrich Streifert > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm currently using speedy_cgi as a persistent perl process and wanted >> to test if fcgi would be an option for me. > Is speedy_cgi safe to use for a larger, longer-term application? > (I.e., widely used, still maintained?). The last time I looked at it, > I got the impression it was a niche tool. (It hadn't been updated > since 2003, wasn't part of CPAN.). It looked like something that > served a purpose a few years ago and fell into disuse(?).
From my experience yes. I'm running four webapps, the oldest since nearly 6 years now without any problems. As soon as you get the compile and test managed by finding patches for perl 5.10 and some other bugs it is rock solid. > Regarding your DB connections, all DB connections should be wrapped in > an eval so you can catch failures. What I do is lazy connecting. I let > the first DB operation die (in the eval), and perform the connection > at that part (as part of an error-recovery routine to retry failures > 3-4 times with increased waits between tries). Therefore, I'm just > passing around a class variable (a reference to it) which requires no > initialization at instantiation. That is what I'm actually doing. I use dbh->ping() to test if the connection is still active and reconnect to the db if needed. The db-handles are stored within an instance variable of my cgiapp derived class. > It's just a matter of turning around how you think of your DB > connection. An initialization process? Or, a reference to a handle > that can be initialized when necessary (after the first try which > fails, or any subsequent try that fails). > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dietrich Streifert -- Visionet GmbH Firmensitz: Am Weichselgarten 7, 91058 Erlangen Registergericht: Handelsregister Fürth, HRB 6573 Geschäftsführer: Stefan Lindner ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################
