Re: Should i lock DB_File for read-only access?

2001-10-30 Thread Perrin Harkins
> If i run this code from command line or under mod_cgi, it work fine. > But if it run repeatedly under mod_perl, it occasionally give me a > "database access timeout" message (see code above), but error value $! > still empty. What return value are you getting from tie? Incidentally, since thi

Re: Should i lock DB_File for read-only access?

2001-10-30 Thread Stas Bekman
Dmitry E. Dmitriev wrote: > Hi ALL! > > Should i still lock my dbm files accessed from cgi under mod_perl if i > need only read from them? Not my program nor any others never will write > to > this files. Nope, you don't have to. In any case the used lock (flock) is usually advisory, which m

Should i lock DB_File for read-only access?

2001-10-30 Thread Dmitry E. Dmitriev
Hi ALL! Should i still lock my dbm files accessed from cgi under mod_perl if i need only read from them? Not my program nor any others never will write to this files. I have a problem with code: use DB_File; use strict; my %fields; my $fieldsdb='/path/to/db_file'; some code there