On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Thomas Klausner wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:36:43PM -0800, Maurice Height wrote: > > > I am coding a web application using lots of Perl modules > > including Class::DBI, Text::MagicTemplate, CGI::Session > > and CGI::Application via ActivePerl v5.8.1.807. My code > > has to run on both Win2K and WinXP together .. Should I > > use mod_perl v1 or v2? > > As you are using Windows, mod_perl 1.x isn't really an > option, as Windows doesn't support forking (at least > that's my understanding, I never tried running Apache on > Win) > > So you should go with mod_perl 2.x
I'd second that ... The Win32 section of the mod_perl 1 docs at http://perl.apache.org/ have a more detailed discussion on what the limitations of mod_perl 1 on Win32 are. So although mod_perl 2 isn't as mature as mod_perl 1, for many people the benefits of mod_perl 2 (and Apache 2) on Win32 outweigh this disadvantage. Note that, on Win32, mod_perl 2 requires perl-5.8.0 or greater (ie, an ActivePerl build in the 8xx series). > > I was thinking of using Apache::Request to process form > > data, Apache::Cookie, Apache::DBI for persistent db > > connections and something for user authorization. I > > understand libapreq contains the first two modules. > > > > Is this available for mod_perl2? > > Sort of, but somebody with mod_perl 2 experience should be > able to tell you more on this issue. There's a development release of libapreq2 available for use with Apache/2 - see http://httpd.apache.org/apreq/. For Win32 there's an associated ppm package at http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/libapreq2.ppd. However, be aware that this is a developer's release, and isn't yet intended for production work. -- best regards, randy kobes -- Reporting bugs: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html
