Hello all, I'm trying to write a uri-based session-handling system that uses a PerlTransHandler to pull out the Session ID, validate it and store it into a Request Note. (Much like the example in the Eagle book) Rather than customizing every ContentHandler, however, it uses a subclass of Apache::OutputChain to insert the SessionID into all the self-referencing URLs in text/html output files. The idea is that it can then work for static HTML files in addition to custom dynamic output. This works fine under most circumstances, but unforunately, when the URI requests is for a directory, there are subrequests to find the 'index.html' file and then what looks like an internal redirect to that file. As a result, my TransHandler is getting called several times, each one using a new Session ID and doing at least one database query. In other words, it is using resources for no reason. I tried to use the common answer for the authen/authz handlers, to decline if $r->is_initial_req, but then the value doesn't get set in the Request Note for the OutputChain subclass, since it doesn't run on the internal redirect to 'index.html'. At this point, the best answer I have is to decline if $r->is_main, but the TransHandler still runs twice - once on the first request and once on the internal redirect. Am I missing something or is there a better way to maintain state across internal redirects? Thanks in advance, Ryan ---------------------------------------------- Ryan Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vitessi Motorsports, Inc. www.vitessi.com Voice: 740/362-9254 Fax: 740/362-0354 ----------------------------------------------
