On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 21:05, Rocco Caputo wrote:
> POE::Component::DBIAgent does something like this. It manages a pool
> of child processes. Each one exists to run database queries in the
> background, returning results to the parent asynchronously.
>
> In that case, the parent acts as the web server and each child does
> the hard work. If I understand the model correctly, it assumes that
> child processes may be reused.
>
> The DBIAgent component is avaliable on the CPAN. Maybe you can base
> your server on what it does?
Excellent news... many thanks!
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