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mod_perl digest
October 22, 2000 - October 28, 2000
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Recent happenings in the mod_perl world...
Features
o mod_perl status
o module announcements
o mailing list highlights
o FAQ of the week
o links
mod_perl status
o mod_perl
- stable: 1.24_01 (released October 10, 2000) [1]
- development: 1.24_02-dev [2]
o Apache
- stable: 1.3.14 (released October 13, 2000) [3]
- development: 1.3.15-dev [4]
o Perl
- stable: 5.6 (released March 23, 2000) [5]
- development: 5.7 [6]
module announcements
o Apache-SessionManager 0.06 - a Transparent Session Manager module,
it will get (and optionally set) a Session ID from a client
request. It is supposed to complement Apache::Session, which can
be used as the backend session store. [7] [8]
mailing list highlights
It was a slow week on the mod_perl list - attendees of ApacheCon
Europe must have found themselves amid copious amounts of fermented
beverage...
o The idea of using Apache as a pure DBI::ProxyServer is now
floating around and looking for takers [9]
o Related threads on how to get Apache::ASP divert its output from
STDOUT to a filter [10] [11] [12]
o What started out as a report on ApacheCon Europe turned into a
thread discussing mod_backhand (a load-balancing module for apache
that is really worth checking out [13]), templating (of course),
and a few other things [14]
o How do you pound away at Apache to do some benchmarking? ab, the
Apache benchmarking utility, or HTTPD::ApacheBench, a perl
interface to ab [15]
FAQ of the week
o I'm trying to use DBD::Oracle under mod_perl on linux - it works
just fine standalone, but not under mod_perl...
There is a problem with the Makefile produced by DBD::Oracle 1.03
and above: it does not pass the -R$ORACLE_HOME/lib option to the
linker. There are a few solutions, requiring either running
ldconfig or editing Makefile.PL - all are can be found in the
mod_perl or DBI users list archives ([16] for example)
links
o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [17]
o mod_perl documentation [18]
o mod_perl modules on CPAN [19]
o mod_perl homepage [20]
o mod_perl list archives [21] [22]
happy mod_perling...
--Geoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[1] http://perl.apache.org/dist/
[2] http://perl.apache.org/from-cvs/modperl/
[3] http://www.apache.org/dist/
[4] http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/
[5] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#stable
[6] http://www.perl.com/pub/language/info/software.html#devel
[7] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/zoutwimpgal
[8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/clarcloigol
[9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/grandzilwand
[10] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/brahpajax
[11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/glimchimpster
[12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/skogeldbeh
[13] http://www.backhand.org
[14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/snendblahwoi
[15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/binzhimwah
[16] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/grahsehspor
[17] http://perl.apache.org
[18] http://perl.apache.org/#docs
[19] http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Apache/
[20] http://www.modperl.com
[21] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/
[22] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl/
