We use the notes table to put a reference to the session (and thus the user) in the access log.
$request->notes->set('session' => $session->{SESSION}); This is in apache2.conf: LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %{session}n" combined_with_session This makes it possible to differentiate log entries by user, whether multiple users have the same ip address or if a user's address changes. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Michael Ludwig <mil...@gmx.de> wrote: > Let me bore you some more. > > First, ModPerl::MethodLookup::lookup_method( $symbol ) is a really great > help for exploring the API! > > m...@colinux:~ > perl aplkp.pl notes > There is more than one class with method 'notes' > try one of: > use Apache2::RequestRec (); > use Apache2::Connection (); > > m...@colinux:~ > perl aplkp.pl pnotes > There is more than one class with method 'pnotes' > try one of: > use Apache2::RequestUtil (); > use Apache2::ConnectionUtil (); > > Good. Now to the point. We have ->notes and ->pnotes on the request and > connection objects. I've passed some information from mod_perl on to > mod_php5 using the notes table. Cool. I could pass complex data from one > mod_perl handler to the other using the pnotes table. Also cool. > > It's all in-process, which is cool. It's all per-request (or, if you > want, per-connection), which sets the scope of its usefulness. > > The notes are an APR::Table, the pnotes are a HASH. > > What real-life uses have you found for these notes and pnotes? > > What could be done at the connection level? Or is this rather too > low-level for run-of-the-mill web applications? > > This is by curiosity and to get my imagination going. > -- > Michael Ludwig >