> I'm happily using mod_perl to serve content stored in a mysql database.
> Basically, the content does not change really often, and it maybe
> important (BLOB containing images).
>
> It seems that handling cache-related stuff would be a big win. For
> example, the If-Modified-Since: (sp?) header and that kind of stuff.
>
> Question:
> - does apache/modperl handle some of that stuff?
> - is it useful to handle HEAD requests specially
Correct Headers - A quick guide for mod_perl users
http://perl.apache.org/guide/correct_headers.html
> Next, what do I have to do to enable persistent connections on the server
> (it's images in a database so that will be actually used!), do I just need
> to provide a Content-Length header, and apache/modperl will automagically
> reuse the current connection?
You mean client's browser <-> mod_perl persistance? Check out: KeepAlive
directive from httpd.conf
If you are talking about sql client <-> mod_perl persistance it's
Apache::DBI
http://perl.apache.org/guide/databases.html
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
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