A newbie question here...
I have a requirement to spin off a SQL loader process after a web page (a
form which is qualified and accepted) has been submitted. Does it make
sense, or more importantly, is it dangerous to apply a "fork" at the end of
a module such as this:
sub handler {
# do some qualification stuff here and accept the form submission...
if ($pid = fork) {
# parent
# ...whatever i need to accomplish to deliver return html code
return OK
} elsif {
# child
exec($sql_loader);
} else {
# ...whatever i ned to do to recover errors
return DECLINED
}
}
Are there any dangers in doing something like this? Or is there a more
efficient way to accomplish the same thing?
Thanks for the advice,
Kirk
