Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-18 Thread Perrin Harkins
> Depends where you're coming from, surely? If you're purely SSI, then > you're adding overhead, if you're already heavily perl then you're > reducing the load (provided you play by the rules ;-). This guy already said he was trying to replace #exec calls to perl CGI scripts, so it should definit

Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-18 Thread David Hodgkinson
Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "BC" == Bogomolnyi Constantin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BC> mod_perl will never reduce your server load (in fact it will increase it ) > > This is an absolutely wrong statement. Depends where you're coming from, surely? If you're purely SS

Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-18 Thread Vivek Khera
> "BC" == Bogomolnyi Constantin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BC> mod_perl will never reduce your server load (in fact it will increase it ) This is an absolutely wrong statement. When I converted one site to mod_perl, the load dropped dramatically because it could handle the requests faster.

Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-18 Thread Vivek Khera
> "MH" == Mike Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MH> administrator) is using a set of small perl scripts run thru the MH> SSI method to change MH> advertizing banners on different pages. I personally want to MH> convert them into some sort of embperl or PHP You should use in preference t

Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-18 Thread Bogomolnyi Constantin
ntin - Original Message - From: "Mike Hodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 5:12 AM Subject: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts > Hello there. > I am currently looking for a way to reduce the server load on a very popular &g

Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-18 Thread Mike Hodson
Ok, I have an update on this. I found some docs on how to set things up, but ran into a problem when compiling it. Here's the line I used to configure mod_perl, and have it build apache: perl Makefile.PL PERL_SSI=1 USE_APACI=1 APACI_ARGS='--prefix=/usr/apache --enable-shared=max --disable-shared=

Re: using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-17 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Mike Hodson wrote: > I need to know if mod_perl can execute the perl scripts called by the > exec cgi SSI command, and if so, instructions on how to make this work > properly. Take a look at the mod_perl docs: http://perl.apache.org/src/mod_perl.html#mod_perl_and_mod_include_

using mod_perl with SSI-run perl scripts

2000-08-17 Thread Mike Hodson
Hello there. I am currently looking for a way to reduce the server load on a very popular website. I must admit, I am not a whiz with perl, nor was I the designer of our current system. The web content designer (I myself am a server administrator) is using a set of small perl scripts run thru th