in additon to the suggestions made by thomas... > 2) Would the mod_perl installation affect more than just the one > directory designated to run mod_perl scripts? IOW, would my other > scripts, now running in the cgi-bin, be affected in any way? I figured > on using an extension specific to mod_perl to try and avoid conflicts.
in general, when mod_perl is properly set up, no, it will not conflict with your existing mod_cgi scripts in your cgi-bin at all. the disclaimer I would add is that mod_perl has the ability to affect the entire server due to its very nature. for instance, you may notice that your httpd process size goes from around 1MB to 20MB (per-process :). so if you consider production to be sacred (which I do), you're introducing a far-reaching variable when installing mod_perl, which may cause production issues if you are new to mod_perl and don't understand some of the trickier issues. > I am mostly working from the information in "MySQL and Perl for the > Web." you should really start with one of the books dedicated to mod_perl, as it is there that you will find explanations from the people most familiar with the technology. http://perl.apache.org/docs/offsite/books.html HTH --Geoff -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
