> 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:
You're probably better off using a cleanup handler to do this after disconnecting form the client. See the guide for more details: http://perl.apache.org/guide/performance.html#Forking_and_Executing_Subp rocess - Perrin
