At 02:10 AM 06/11/02 +0800, Stas Bekman wrote: >> Well, I was only intending it as a teaser, because I don't want to go >> creating a complete application using sessions. That handler doesn't do >> anything, it just shows how easy it is to get session info and use it. > >easy to whom? One must wear a newbie hat (perhaps a hat of someone who >doesn't know perl very well) when designing such a doc. > >On the opposite it's very easy to turn the new person away, if things >seem to complicated (to him!). > >Therefore it's probably to present just a little, along the lines that >Bill has done and explain things.
Now you know why I left those last few sections blank. ;) I feared that they would end up being so complicated that we should just point to the real docs. But they are also far enough down that list that maybe a little more complicated example would be fine. I would like to see complete working examples, though. Would a good example be to grab a session using Apache::Cookie and Apache::DBI and set pnotes with the session? And create a new empty session if one doesn't exist with one of the unique ID generator modules? The trick is getting it down to a very few lines of code. >>> * Another issue is that while many people come to mod_perl via the >>> registry family, this is not the feature that should come up first, >>> >>> "Easily create custom modules that become part of Apache" >>> "Gain access to all request stages" >>> >>> should probably come before registry. I'd side with Per on this, Stas. I think it's good to show a simple CGI script converted to Apache::Registry first. It's the kind of thing that shows people that mod_perl can work for them right away, and they can easily understand the example. And good for admin types that need to see a quick payoff. It's just a foot-in-the-door type of teaser. Hopefully, the "real" docs will make it clear that Apache::Registry is not all of mod_perl. (BTW -- it was Apache::Registry that allowed me to demo an existing CGI application which was then approved to move to mod_perl.) -- Bill Moseley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
