On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:10:09PM -0800, Perrin Harkins wrote:
> Tim Bunce wrote:
> > You could have a set of apache servers that are 'pure' DBI proxy servers.
> > That is, they POST requests containing SQL (for prepare_cached) plus
> > bind parameter values and return responses containing the results.
> >
> > Basically I'm proposing that apache be used as an alternative framework for
> > DBI::ProxyServer. Almost all the marshaling code and higher level logic
> > is already in DBI::ProxyServer and DBD::Proxy. Shouldn't be too hard to do
> > and you'd gain in all sorts of ways.
>
> I think this is a really good idea. The thing is, any effort put into
> this kind of thing right now feels like a throw away, because mod_perl
> 2.0 will solve the problem in the right way with real pooling of
> database handles (and other objects) between threads.
>
> Maybe it's time for DBD:: authors to start checking their code for
> thread safety?
Yeap.
Tim.
