---------------------------------------------------------------------- mod_perl digest November 5, 2000 - November 11, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-SimpleReplace 0.06 - A simple template framework [7] o Apache-Dispatch 0.07 - call PerlHandlers with the ease of Registry scripts [8] mailing list highlights o The same thread managed to discuss the caveats of DSO as well as compare using HUP or USR1 for log rotation [9] A sample log rotation script was provided [10] o The FastDB Access thread was resurrected this week, offering discussion on using Storable, the speed of flat file retrieval based on filename length, and more. [11] o Interested in seeing a high-end ISP that knows what mod_perl developers want? Fill out a brief survey and maybe someday we'll all live to see it... [12] o Some interesting drawbacks of Apache::DBI, such as not dealing with table locks properly, can be found in the latter half of this thread [13] o There was a short thread that started to discuss how to deal with spiders [14] o A lesson in proxying and using X-Fowarded-For [15] FAQ of the week actually, two this week... o How can I read from POST more than once? You can't. But, of course, this is mod_perl so there are many ways around the situation. You could cache the data yourself using pnotes or write a handler to make POST data look like it was a GET, for example. Investigate use of the experimental PERL_STASH_POST_DATA mod_perl build option, or check out some examples in the archives, the mod_perl Guide, and third party Apache modules on CPAN such as Apache::RequestNotes. o How do I unsubscribe from the mod_perl mailing list? Why would you want to do that? Most mailing lists these days include unsubscribe information in the mail headers. Were you to look there, you would see list-unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just send an empty email to that address. links o The Apache/Perl Integration Project [16] o mod_perl documentation [17] o mod_perl modules on CPAN [18] o mod_perl homepage [19] o mod_perl list archives [20] [21] happy mod_perling... --Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [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/frolchunfin [8] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/voflerdtal [9] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/khangwhoublimp [10] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=97364972521630&w=2 [11] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/whalthixgrol [12] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/lilswanbin [13] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/kexhoicler [14] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/proosheeju [15] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/snaxrunphal [16] http://perl.apache.org [17] http://perl.apache.org/#docs [18] http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Apache/ [19] http://www.modperl.com [20] http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/ [21] http://archive.covalent.net/modperl/