> > Is there a way I could get these variables populated on server start and never > > loaded again unless the database was changed? So in my subroutine for posting > > an event that changed it I could call "repopulate_queue_hash" and have it redo > > the hash, so changes still happened without a restart, but the hash itself is > > just passed from the root apache process to the children? > > You can load it into globals at startup and their values will be shared > by all children until you write to them. You could also load it
So in startup.perl put my %queue_list = list_queues; my %tech_list = list_techs; and so on? Then each process would get a copy of the hash? > separately in each child process in the init hook. However, you'd If I did that, then I'd want a few children processes at a time and also with a few amount of requests per child... Boy am I ever glad this'll be moved off my box once it's finsihed ;) > probably be better off using MLDBM::Sync, so that all changes are shared > immediately. It's quite fast, and since it uses a tied interface it > would be easy to switch your code to use globals if it turns out not be > fast enough. After reading the perldoc for MLDBM, and reviewing my deadline for the project of "today", I think I'll just use globals for now. But once I meet get the management satisified, I'll be moved into a "enhancment" phase of hte project, instead of a devel phase, and I'll implement it then to see how well it works. Thanks :)
