nick
thanks for the reply, and pointers - i guess i have completely lost overview
thru the installation mist om mac osX. most of my questions were indeed more
apache than mod_perl.
> Do you know why you are running mod_perl with your apache?
to be honest, not entirely :-)
> The "modoule-caching annoyance" you speak of is the basic reason for the
> existence of mod_perl ... the idea is that the perl code in your module
> only gets compiled once rather than every time a user requests the URI.
true, but if it *never* gets recompiled there are reasons to worry.
> There are quite a lot of talk about global variables, actually. It's a
> pretty big deal with this stuff. You need to go to the mod_perl guide,
> and
> spend _SEVERAL HOURS_ reading it and playing with your installation. If
> you devote the necessary time to educating yourself, you'll figure most
> of it out, and you can bring your tough questions to this list.
well to me this is a tough situation and i have spend _SEVERAL HOURS_ reading
it. anyway thanks again - i figure my real problem is, as you mention yourself,
in understanding apache before mod_perl.
allan