> Hi,
>
> I've been having a problem using any Database with mod_perl. This
> problem has persisted across two separate platforms. I found it
> initially whilst working on one contract, and it has popped up again on
> a new contract.
>
Which version of mod_perl you are using?
Is mod_perl compiled as DSO? if Yes make sure you have at least mod_perl
1.22!
Any errors in the logfiles?
Gerald
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> Firstly, the initial setup. I was using DBI with MySQL - and I had some
> scripts written up as modules. I had a simple main script which called
> these modules - so it was easy to set up an environment where one script
> defined handler for mod_perl, and the other was a standard
> #!/usr/bin/perl CGI script. I configured Apache/mod_perl so that
> through one location, the usual CGI script got run, and the other
> location ran through mod_perl.
>
> When running under the mod_perl location, DB calls would intermittently
> fail or succeed, with no variables that I could discern dictating when
> either would happen. However, the application ran 100% through the
> #!/usr/bin/perl CGI method. At the time, I gave up and just used
> #!/usr/bin/perl.
>
> I'm now on this new contract, and it's happening again. There's a
> session system going on, so that's where it shows itself first. The
> guys here are using Embperl, so there's no simple dual-script option.
> I switched on trace for the DBI module and couldn't find anything new
> from it. I might persist in this way as there are a lot of debug
> options. Thing is, this time the database is PostgreSQL. It's possible
> that this problem is only appearing when numerous calls are made to the
> server - as some people are using the Embperl written pages to input
> data, and they don't experience any problems. But me, when I'm clicking
> around, hitting reload again & again, I get up it up on & off.
>
> I've done searches through Altavista/Google and Northern Light - and
> searches through Geocrawler on this mailing list. I haven't been able
> to find anyone else sharing these problems - which is real strange to me
> 'cause these problems have persisted across completely different
> projects.
>
> I should probably note that I've used Apache::DBI on and off to see if
> it makes any difference.
>
> Maybe it's PostgreSQL settings? I'll try increasing logging options
> and stuff.
>
> But any help someone can offer now would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Rajit
>
>
>
