On Jan 22, 2008 11:11 PM, Chris W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have inherited a site written in perl. Recently an intermittent > problem has come up and when users log into the site, they end up seeing > other users data. I personally can not reproduce the problem but it has > happened enough that I am sure it is more than just a fluke. Does > anyone know of any recent changes in perl that could cause this kind of > problem? The site is pretty old, I would guess at least 5 years or more > since it was written. However the problem has only happened in the last > few months. I have no control over the server and am told that updates > are applied automatically. >
I don't think a change in perl would cause the above behavior. More likely, the software has a bug or the data in the database is incorrect. However, without knowing more about the application and its design, it is impossible to tell what the problem might be. Sean > > BTW I haven't used perl in years so unless someone here has a pretty > good idea what to look for, I will most likely be redoing it in php
