> I'm afraid that is not a very good article. It's out of date, ... > Apache::Session::DBI (which is what the article refers to) is ancient > and should not be used.
I stumbled upon this problem quite a few times. Trying to get the hang of using cookies for authentication and sessions there are tons of modules and (a bit less...) articles, but they all seem outdated or simply not useful. So I build something myself, but am not quite sure this was the way to go. I had the same experience when (OT, sorry) I looked into things about using XML in combination with (mod_)perl. Most of the articles are rather old and I have no clue if they are outdated. Here as well I made some choices of my own, still thinking I am at least reinventing part of the wheel. Is there a, or are there initiatives to keep an 'accurate' document repository? I personally like perl.apache.org as a starting point, but it is quite restricted to mod_perl and mod_perl alone. (This is not meant as a rude remark!). Should and could this be broader containing links to interesting articles on 'well known subjects'? Should we then need som (continuous) reviewing and rating mechanism to separate the good from the bad? Or is Google still the way to go? --Frank PS: Apache::Session::DBI might be ancient, when I did some research for this mail I stumbled upon http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/snippets.html#An_example_of_using_Apac he__Session__DBI_with_cookies. Perhaps it is a good beginning to try to keep/get outdated and ancient stuff from Our Main Source of Information?
