[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm very new to modperl and I've got a question regarding the usage of tie > () and untie(). > I've written a perl-script for authenticating a user's IP-address > against a DBM-database which has stored a certain valid IP-range > for each user. > > I put it into a directory where every .perl-file runs under > Apache::Registry. > Now I do a tie() once in the .perl-script. Do I have to untie() in the same > script > or is this not necessary because as I understood the perl-script keeps > "living" as long as the child-process who started it?!
If the dbm file access is read-only it's the best to tie it during startup and then simply access it. If you need to read/write, read: http://perl.apache.org/guide/dbm.html e.g. startup.pl: tie %Foo::Bar::dbm, "NDBM_File", ... and then in your code: print $Foo::Bar::dbm{taz}; beware that if you use each(), keys(), values() on this dbm it won't be shared anymore between the processes (though still work properly, but more memory will be used). For more info read: http://perl.apache.org/guide/performance.html#Sharing_Memory _____________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ticketmaster.com http://apacheweek.com http://singlesheaven.com http://perl.apache.org http://perlmonth.com/
