Re: [mod_perl] Re: Content compression FAQ
At 04/07/2003 17:29, Slava Bizyayev wrote: I've just updated the content at http://devl4.outlook.net/devdoc/FAQ/compression.html . It's very good Slava. Concise, informative and thorough. There is a small mistake in the section, Q: How hard is it to implement content compression on an existing site? Change no more that installing to no more than installing. Other than that, it looks great. Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word Ltd: http://digital-word.com/
Re: [mod_perl] Re: WEb hosting..
Some know web hosting providers with mod_perl support... http://perl.apache.org/help/isps.html As usual, if you know of ISPs that aren't listed there (or listed, but not providing modperl support any longer), please let us know. In the UK, http://www.firstserv.com/ provide an excellent package of services and fully support mod_perl and LAMP platforms. Customer support is exceptional - when you call you talk to a human immediately (remember those days guys?) -- Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word Ltd. (http://digital-word.com/)
Re: [mod_perl] Re: OSCON ideas
Matt Sergeant wrote: I've done a lot on bayes for spam (I had an effective bayesian filter before Paul Graham wrote his article on the subject), but there's not much in it for a full talk. Maybe a lightning talk. Hmm... That would be great Matt. Funny how Paul Graham has become so synonymous with Bayesian probabilities isn't it? Your work preceeds his, Google Page Rank apparently uses Bayesians (pre-Graham) and, here in the UK, Autonomy (http://www.autonomy.com/) have been doing ground-breaking work for a few years now with Bayesians at the core of their technology. Despite this, Paul Graham is the first person people think of when you start to talk Bayesians, I wonder why? -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
[OT] Re: [mod_perl] Re: mod_perl invokation valid?
Charlie Smith wrote: snip How are things in grand old England? Well our country's gone to the dogs, our government is corrupt and ineffective and it's bloody cold at the moment too. But the sun is shining so a true Englishman won't complain. ;-) -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
Re: OSCON ideas
Perrin Harkins wrote: (http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/e_sess). I'm thinking about possible talks to submit and I want a little feedback on what people are most interested in. Here are two options I'mconsidering: I would be extremely interested in talks covering any work that our Perl gurus have done using Bayesian Rules. I am particularly interested in the usage of Bayesian rules for search-engines, spam management, log analysis, firewalling and encryption - has anybody ever covered any of these fields? -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
Re: OSCON ideas
Perrin Harkins wrote: Several people have brought up benchmarking in reference to the pet store. I don't think it will possible to do a good benchmark of this application, partly because it's so big (it's a reference app that uses lots of functionality just to demonstrate it) and partly because it's well known that the J2EE pet store performs badly. It does not represent anyone's best efforts to make a high-performance Java store. An excellent point. If people are more concerned with seeing something that would dispel myths about Perl performance, rather than a talk on feature portability from J2EE to Perl, I could look at implementing something that really can be benchmarked like the TPC-W spec or the Doculabs Nile Bookstore benchmark. These would be more comparable to existing Java and .NET performance tests. The saliva begins to leak from my lips... Personally it would warm my heart to help enable a press release saying something like Perl blows away previous price/performance leaders on TPC-W benchmark, but I don't know if hearing about that would be as interesting to people as the other things I proposed. Oh yes, now this is more like it. Regardless, I think that posting a good reference implementation of one of these specs might get mod_perl some good attention from the business-oriented mags that usually focus on Java, and would be a valuable marketing tool. I think I've just had an orgasm. ;-) Perrin, you've probably gathered by now that IMHO you've struck gold here. I honestly don't know why this hasn't been done before. Obviously it would be great for all mod_perl programmers to be able to direct their PHBs and/or clients to a paper that validates and justifies the use of mod_perl. I, for one, really hope you pursue this. -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
[OT] Season's Greetings
Just a quick note to wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2003. I would like to thank everyone on the list for all the help and support you have given me over the past year. You have my sincere appreciation. -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
Re: How big are your httpd's?
harm wrote: PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 19019 http 9 0 19844 14M 3884 S 3.9 0.7 0:13 apache.perl.new 19419 http 9 0 19852 15M 4388 S 2.6 0.7 0:14 apache.perl.new 19513 http 9 0 19276 13M 3860 S 2.6 0.6 0:13 apache.perl.new 19277 http 9 0 19360 14M 4144 S 2.1 0.7 0:16 apache.perl.new 19282 http 9 0 19456 14M 4052 S 2.1 0.7 0:13 apache.perl.new 19285 http 9 0 19332 14M 4048 S 2.1 0.6 0:15 apache.perl.new What command do I use to get this report please? -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
Re: How big are your httpd's?
Ged Haywood wrote: What command do I use to get this report please? top, and possibly you'd pipe the output through grep, but you'd need to read the manpage for top first. Type 'man top' and 'man grep' for those manpages. How did you know that your processes were getting big if you didn't use top? On second thoughts, don't answer that. The mod_perl list is relatively tolerant of off-topic posts, but not of laziness. Please don't ask general OS questions here as an alternative to learning about your operating system. I am trying to learn about my operating system. I am trying to learn about lots of things. Did I really need to be criticised for asking? Now that I know to use top, then of course I can RTFM to learn more. But I didn't know about top - I've been trying to get this information with ps (which I have learned). So I asked my harmless (or so I thought) question. Now I know. Thank you so very much for your kind help Ged. -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
[OT] Stack Operation
Can anyone offer me some pointers (pun intended) on how to implement a stack in Perl with an array? I need to have an array of elements as follows: 0 - e1 1 - e2 2 - e3 ... And I need to be able to insert items: e4 needs to go into $array[1]. 1 and 2 need to move down (or up or left or right - depending on how you visualise arrays) yet retain their contents: 0 - e1 1 - e4 2 - e2 3 - e3 ... And, you guessed it, I need to be able to remove elements, and have the others move down... remove e2, leaving: 0 - e1 1 - e4 3 - e3 ... How do I implement this in code anyone? -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
[OT] DALnet Explains DDOS
OFF TOPIC Some of you probably know that DAlnet has been subject to a large-scale DDOS attack recently. As a result of this, they (DALnet) have posted a series of articles in their ezine to explain to their users what's happening. They have a wonderful Plain English explanation of DOS and DDOS that I thought some of you might like to read. Use this when you need to explain DOS / DDOS to pointy-haired-bosses and civilians! :-) http://zine.dal.net/what-dos.php Sorry for the off-topic post. -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
Re: [JOB] Perl / mod_perl programmer in Orem, UT
Cahill, Earl wrote: Internet Software Engineer (PERL) About Web Services is seeking an Internet Software Engineer to maintain and develop new applications for it's hosting platform. About Web Services is a division of About.com that provides hosting solutions to more than 4 million web sites including freeservers.com and bizhosting.com. Job includes a competitive salary and benefits (Health and Dental Insurance, 401K, ESPP) Qualifications: -2 years+ Experience developing in PERL / modperl on Unix -Solid Understanding of Object Oriented Programming -Experience with HTML, JavaScript, and XML -Experience with SQL (Oracle and/or MySQL) -Experience with writing efficient highly scalable code -Experience with Red Hat Linux or equivalent -Experience with CVS -Experience in working in a team environment Yet again I ask myself - why don't I emigrate to the US? :-( -- Jonathan M. Hollin Technical Director: Digital-Word Co. (http://digital-word.com/) Co-ordinator: WYPUG (http://wypug.pm.org/)
Re: [JOB] Perl / mod_perl programmer in Sheffield
I'm currently looking for a Perl / mod_perl programmer to help developing our application MKDoc. Just a quick reminder Jean-Michel - have you posted this on jobs.perl.org? I only asked because UK jobs are few and far between on there. Jonathan M. Hollin WYPUG http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Image manipulation recommendation?
I couldn't get the requisites for the gd.pm and related modules to work on Windows. Although these things apparently have worked great for years on UNIX, they may have problems on Windows 2000 servers. I had to go to a purchased Java product that is accessible via a servlet to get graphs generated. -- For clarification, and to encourage others to at least try GD and or Image::Magick under Windoze, BOTH packages work as advertised with that operating system. I have both running quite happily on my development machine (Windows 2000). I did encounter some problems installing both, but these disappeared when I used the PPM's (ActiveState / TheoryX5) as opposed to trying to compile manually. You must understand that both packages are complex, you need patience and persistence - but it's worth it in the end. Jonathan M. Hollin WYPUG - http://wypug.p.org/
RE: Problem: Internal redirection of ErrorDocument to mod_perl handler
Before I present a detailed description of the problem I thought I'd just bounce of an intro to see if its a common fault. I have found, using apache 1.x latest and mod_perl 1.x latest that if I use internal redirection to a mod_perl handler for ErrorDocument 500 (server_error) then even though I return the perfectly correct data (html headers etc) to the browser, every browser works fine. Except that is, Internet Explorer 6 (maybe earlier too but I have no test bed). Internet Explorer chooses to display the default Microsoft internal server error page and not the html which is actually returned. If I use a network monitor like Iris I can see that the data is returned perfectly...but Internet Explorer refuses to display it. This problem my apply to other error codes. The only fix I found is to use a fully qualified host redirect for the ErrorDocument.. but then I lose fancy stuff like previous request analysis. Yet another example of M$ knowing what her consumers want better than those consumers themselves. IE will try to substitute so-called friendly error messages for all of the browser errors you could experience if the Show Friendly Error Messages option is selected in IE's Advanced Settings page (which it is by default I believe). Now, you can turn this option off in your own browser, but obviously you can't control your visitor's settings. However, there is a hack. Just make sure that your error message is bigger (in bytes) than than the trigger size that MS uses and your message will be displayed in place of theirs. Now, I can't remember what that trigger size is, so you may need to experiment, search the web, or wait for some human encyclopeadia to post it here... :-) Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Force a 404 error?
See Chapter 4, Handling Errors, in the Eagle book. Great Thomas, I have a working handler now. Thanks very much to Thomas and everyone else who replied with suggestions. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ http://wypug.digital-word.com/
Force a 404 error?
Hi JAPHs, Is it possible to force a 404-error from within a mod_perl CGI? I am working on my CMS and I want to generate a 404 if the user hacks the URI in a certain way: i.e, if the use passes a value in the URI that does reference a database record. I can (and have) trapped such an event and thus I can display the appropriate Not found warning by using a CGI.pm redirect to my 404 page, but using redirect obviously updates the URL (as displayed on the browsers address line) to that of the 404 page, whereas I want the URL to continue to display the users request. Can I do this? Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: we need mod_perl banners
Do we have the source for those banners anywhere? Preferably vector, or at least telling us what font the original was in. I don't think anyone wants to work from bitmap. I seem to remember matts doing something with SVG a while back, but him waiting on the correct font (my memory is a bit vague on this) Spec's are as follows: Font: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif (Trebuchet is available for download from the M$ website) Size: 60pt Grey: #99 Blue: #326696 And the text was rendered in Bold. An SVG version of the new logo is available at: http://wypug.digital-word.com/mod_perl/svg_version/ Regards, Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: Problem using Perl Modules under mod_perl / PerlSetVar not working
(By the way: there's a typo at line 1 of the startup.pl script: I think use Apache: should be use Apache; right?) Good catch! :-) But following that guideline resulted in the next problem, I could not yet solve on my own: PerlSetVar seems not to work for me! The part of interest in my httpd.conf looks like this: Alias /contest /www/u-dev/contest PerlModule Apache::Registry PerlModule Apache::DBI PerlTaintCheck On Location /contest PerlSetVar BlaTest BlaVal SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Registry PerlRequire /www/u-dev/contest/mod_perl_init.pl Options ExecCGI PerlSendHeader Off allow from all /Location Try putting PerlSetVar AFTER PerlHandler. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: Thanks and GoodBye
Thanks for all your help, but I am NOT able to install mod_perl. John, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but have you tried the Apache Toolbox (http://www.apachetoolbox.com/)? Before you give up completely it might be worth trying. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: cpan hacked or april fools?
Anyone looked at CPAN's front page today: www.cpan.org? It is either a pretty amusing April Fools joke or a hack. Fun either way! It's gotta be an April Fools gag (great one). The hackers almost always leave their stamp... Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: Problems after an upgrade...
I had mod_perl installed and working in apache well until a few days ago. I think that after an upgrade to apache the problems began. This is on the RedHat 7.2 OS. Yep - I had the same problem. What I discovered was that the RH update had installed a new instance of Apache and started it! At the prompt, stop httpd with: apachectl stop Then restart your original Apache with: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start (path may be different on your system, although I doubt it with RH 7.2) Hope this helps... Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: I actually like the logo without the underscore. I don't :: think an underscore is very collaborative with art. The _ :: has always been irritating me a little. I don't see any reason why the underscore can't be incorporated discreetly. I had an idea that we could have the dp together (like in the new logo) with a small underscore directly beneath them. :: I know that there is history and nostalgia involved here but :: dropping an underscore at least in the logo is a nice :: evolution IMHO. The whole mod_ just happens to be the :: original Apache naming convention for modules, I believe, :: and let's not forget that the Apache folks never thought :: they would get the kind of success they have. Given the :: choice, I don't think they would have stuck with this kind :: of naming convention. This doesn't matter. The simple fact is, the name is mod_perl. It's established, known and the author has stated quite clearly that it will not change. :: The underscore really belongs to the C/C++ language and :: isn't really so much of a standard in Perl. True, Perl, :: Apache and mod_perl are all children of C/C++ but they :: should have some independence - they are in their :: adolescence now (if not even adults). If the underscore belongs anywhere, then it also belongs in Perl. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: I agree here. But then, TMTOWTDI is a big part of Perl :: culture. I suggest a democratic solution: present the logo :: and the favorite logo-based button as the logo and button. :: Then, also present a page which has some alternate buttons :: on it, including the two winners of the present contest. :: Make the page with the official logo and button easy to find :: so users will see it first. But an important part of any product is its brand. I personally believe that the logo/button/banner should be uniform throughout, with one font and one colour scheme. One area where we do have creative license is with banners - providing that the recognised mod_perl logo still features within. :: Since there was a landslide winner I would say there is :: probably no need for alternate logos although it may be :: interesting for historical reasons (the Google logo archives :: do it the right way, in my opinion: :: http://www.google.com/stickers.html). The logos at http://beverley2.digital-word.com/mod_perl/ will remain online forever for historical/nostalgic purposes. :: DRI really like the :: new logo, and in fact I voted for it. However, I :: DRjust realized that the logo uses modperl, whereas :: mod_perl's name :: DRis mod_perl, with the underscore. Does anyone else see :: this as a :: DRproblem? :: :: BMIt's a graphic design so I don't see that it needs to follow the :: BMApache module naming convention exactly... It's a design -- it :: BMdoesn't have to be accurate to the name. :: :: I agree with both these statements. I think the issue isn't :: that the design must follow the name, but that users often :: get confused between the two, and if the design doesn't :: follow the name, that confusion will certainly be :: exacerbated. Of course, this is probably not a big problem :: as long as the conventional term is used in the :: documentation and website and as long as modperl on Google :: leads to the mod_perl site. I think the logo should feature an underscore, however it's used. We are promoting a brand, a product... its name needs to be consistent wherever it's used - how else will we get pointy-haired bosses to recognise it? :: I might also point out that any mod_perl hostnames come out :: as modperl (since underscores are not allowed in hostnames) :: and that modperl is often used as a directory name even :: though underscores ARE allowed in filenames. I don't think that's relevant at all. People name their files and directories in whatever way suits them. And hostnames, well that's just a convention we can do nothing about and, thus, a non-issue. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: A thought - what about putting the suggestion of an :: underscore by putting bars underneath the d and p of :: modperl? Just a suggestion to Michael as presumably he is :: revisting the design for the buttons. I had a similar idea - a single bar under the dp yet keeping the dp together. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
[ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
Fellow mod_perl hackers... It is with great pleasure that I am able to introduce you to the new mod_perl logo. So, without further ado, point your web-browsers at: http://beverley2.digital-word.com/mod_perl/winner/ The winning logo, designed by Michael Demers (mike [at] inteo.com), won by a very clear majority. Congratulations Mike, and thanks for a great effort! The new mod_perl button vote resulted in a tie between two designs: Juergen Spechts' (the existing button) and new design by Tyler Rorabaugh. Following a brief discussion with Stas (stas [at] stason.org), I think it might be a good idea to have several mod_perl buttons, the idea being that a designer can then choose a button that doesn't conflict with his/her design. However, I request your comments on this idea: should we have just one button (helping to develop a distinct identity for mod_perl) or should we have several (for choice)? It's up to you... Thank you to everyone who participated in this project. Kudos to the designers for their efforts. Thanks to Stas for his input and ideas, and Eric Cholet for the voting script. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: I think that we need one theme of buttons, to ensure :: consistent branding. As per my comments when I voted :: stated, I'd love to see some buttons/logos based on the :: winning logo. In particular: :: :: - A square button that's just made up of the square cog logo :: - A square button that's just made up of a grey m and a blue p :: - A small rectangle version of the words modperl without the cog :: :: ...you get the idea, variations around a central design :: :: Also, we could do with both a monochrome and a black and :: white version of :: the logo (for print.) Personally, I agree. I'll forward your email on to Michael and we'll see how he responds. :: Is the logo available in a vector file format so that we can :: easily make :: scaled copies of it? Or are we restricted to the pixel banners that :: currently exist? All I have is non-vector JPEG. Again, I'll ask Michael. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: Was there a button in the same style as the winning logo? :: Could Michael be persuaded to create one if not? :: :: I'm inclined to think a new logo is little use if you're not :: consistent with the imagery it uses. Tying a button design :: into that imagery is, IMO, essential. I will forward your email on to Michael (who designed the winning logo). Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: Was there a button in the same style as the winning logo? :: Could Michael be persuaded to create one if not? :: :: I'm inclined to think a new logo is little use if you're not :: consistent with the imagery it uses. Tying a button design :: into that imagery is, IMO, essential. Michael Demers (the designer) will submit a few buttons, to match his logo design, in the near future. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
RE: [ANNOUNCE] The New mod_perl logo - results now in...
:: I really like the new logo, and in fact I voted for it. :: However, I just realized that the logo uses modperl, :: whereas mod_perl's name is mod_perl, with the underscore. :: Does anyone else see this as a problem? I've always been :: annoyed at how often the spelling gets modified, and it :: seems that the logo as it is now would add to the confusion. :: Am I just picking nits? This has been a addressed. A cleaned-up logo will be appearing shortly. As will a vector-based version (so we can get t-shirts printed :-) )... Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ -- Temporarily off-line http://wypug.digital-word.com/
[OT] RE: apache for windows/linux
:: Based on my own experience, if you have worked with Unix :: machines sometime in your past -- it could be in your :: distant past --, choose Apache on Linux or any flavor of :: Unix over Windows. Unix is far easier to comprehend than :: Windows, the documentation is better, and the help more :: readily given and abundant. Oh yeah, and more stable. Having just migrated my mod-perl software from Win2K to Linux I heartily agree with Kurt. With only very limited Unix knowledge, I have managed to setup my server, secure it, and install and configure all the systems I needed. I have found the Linux brigade to be very knowledgeable, very helpful and very willing to SHARE (thank you #Linux). The quality and volume of documentation will surprise you too. Why did I migrate? My Windows server (running Microsofts' latest and greatest) rarely stayed up for longer than 48 consecutive hours. My Linux box has not been down since I installed (about 2 weeks ago). Benchmarks also demonstrate a performance gain in my mod_perl apps of around 20% over the same apps, in the same setup, under Windows. I expect to increase this with a little tweaking in the future. All the best. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Where was that success story?
:: No public story has been written about it, but I would reply to :: private questions about the experience. To summarize, it went :: very smoothly and was a great success (and no part of it has :: been thrown out for any competing technology). Eric, Would you consider writing a paper describing the project? Are there any NDA's (or similar) that would prevent you doing so? If so, could you write without disclosing any NDA-breaching details? Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
[ANNOUNCE] mod_perl logo competition...
Fellow JAPHs, The closing date for entries for the new mod_perl logo is Monday 4th March No further submissions will be accepted after that date Voting will take place between March 5th and March 11th You may vote once for a logo and once for a button (a banner will be designed around the winning logo) and the winner(s) will be announced on March 12th Voting instructions will follow in a later post Reminders: Send logo entries to: mod_perl [at] digital-wordcom Review the current submissions at: http://beverley2digital-wordcom/mod_perl/ Thank you Jonathan M Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypugpmorg/
[OT] New mod_perl logo (revisited)
I apologise in advance to those of you who receive multiple copies of this email due to my cross-posting. Due to the instability of its previous host, I have moved the mod_perl logo entries to my new Linux box (my apologies to those who were unable to review the images previously due to the inordinate down-time). The images are now available at http://beverley2.digital-word.com/mod_perl/ Also, I have now added html pages to each directory with the images displayed inline - thanks to Stas Bekman (stas[at]stason.org) who contributed his ls2html Perl script for that purpose. I am still soliciting entries for the new logo (send to mod_perl[at]digital-word.com)... so please keep those images coming. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
[OT] RE: Installing Perl::Magick
:: Your question isn't a modperl question. Please keep that in :: mind when posting to this list. Maybe you're trying to use :: Perl::Magick as part of a project that uses modperl, but :: that doesn't make this a modperl issue. I appreciate that. This is part of a mod_perl project, however I forgot to include [OT] in the subject line. The only reason I post here is that the quality of help, and accuracy of reply that I have experienced in the past is exactly what I need to get over my initial Linux confusion. However, if anyone knows of a _good_ Linux list... :: Immediately above is the problem. The file magick/api.h :: isn't installed. You may have Imagemagick installed, but you :: don't have the development files associated with it installed. OK. :: Most package-based Linux distributions, like RedHat (or :: RedHat/RPM based :: systems) or Debian (or Debian/DEB based systems) split up :: a whole package into parts. You probably don't have the :: FOO-dev or libFOO package that goes along with FOO. And it's RedHat I'm using. :: Maybe you use a RPM-based system... check out :: http://rpmfind.net/ in order to track down which :: package :: contains the file you need. http://rpmfind.net/ has already become my best friend! :-) Thank you. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Installing Perl::Magick
:: I don't know anything about your problem. I just wanted to :: give you a :: hint, as you said, that you were a complete linux newbie: :: :: Do not work as root. It is dangerous! The root account should be for :: installation, configuration of the system and where it cannot be :: avoided. I always have some regular user account for working on my :: servers and as soon that I want to change something I do a su. The :: best is even to disable root logins on the console and :: especially via :: ssh / telnet. It gives you some extra security as everyone :: knows, that :: there must be a root account on a unix box. Marcel, I was working as root after an su as I couldn't install Image::Magick under my own account. As far as security goes - I /think/ I have configured my box with only the www and ssh services available, everything else is locked down (he says, hopefully). :: Best regards and enjoy linux! Thank you. So far I'm enjoying Linux tremendously. It's really challenging, but fun and intellectually stimulating. I only wish I'd started years ago. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
Image Magick Alternatives?
The WYPUG migration from Win2K to Linux is progressing very nicely. However, despite my best efforts, I can't get Perl Magick to work (Image::Magick compiled successfully and without problems). All I use Perl Magick for is generating thumbnails (which seems like a waste anyway). So, is there an alternative - a module that will take an image (gif/jpeg) and generate a thumbnail from it? I have searched CPAN but haven't noticed anything suitable. If not, is there anyone who would be willing to help me install Perl Magick properly? Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
[OT] Moving WYPUG
Hi gang, After a few months of outrageous instability, I am now moving WYPUG on to a Linux server (redhat 7.2). Using ApacheToolbox (http://www.apachetoolbox.com) I have managed to get Apache, mod_perl and MySQL up and running, along with a few Apache modules. At this point everything is running perfectly. I now need to install some Perl modules (DBD-MySql, Image-Magick, etc). Under ActivePerl on WYPUG's current Win2K box, I would simply use the Perl Package Manager (PPM) to download and install these modules. Is there an equivalent under Unix? If not, what's the best way to install modules? In short, what do I need to know? A step-by-step guide would be great (I'm a 100% Unix newbie), but I would also be extremely grateful for pointers to the relevant docs, URI's, etc. Thank you all in advance. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: [OT] Moving WYPUG
:: what's the best :: way to install modules? In short, what do I need to know? :: just type :: perl -MCPAN -eshell :: this will ask you some simple questions, about the nearest :: mirror to you, and so on, if you are on the command-prompt, :: type install Your::Module and it will fetch the module from :: cpan, and install it... Nico thank you so much for your prompt reply. I really appreciate it. Cheers! Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: mod_perl, mod_gzip, incredible suckage
:: Does mod_gzip suck or what? Some of you claim to use it. :: Now is the :: time to confess. How do you get it to work? :: :: Compile it. Install it. Works brilliantly. Hell I even got it to work under Win32. Agree with the other replies, it works brilliantly. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
[REMINDER] New mod_perl Logo
A growing number of potential candidates for the new mod_perl logo is available at: http://wypug.digital-word.com/mod_perl/ Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
[OT] RE: modperl growth
:: - Install Apache and mod_perl, or use an existing installation. :: :: - Install all the needed modules, template files, images, etc. [cut] Dave, I too try to automate installations as much as possible. Within Perl, I've found it possible to dispense with a separate configuration file for almost any application, even those with an RDBMS back-end. Under *nix it's really easy to automate things, under Win32 it's a little more difficult (file permissions are a bastard to manipulate). Perl can analyse its own environment very accurately, and once it has this awareness it's really easy to achieve automation. Anyone can do this, but most of us are too lazy for such niceties, which is too our detriment I think. However, all of my work in this direction requires that Perl and any required modules/libraries are already installed - I have never attempted to do an all-in-one install, although I do see this as being relatively easy to achieve. I would love to contribute to any efforts towards an out-of-the-box installer. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: [OT] email attachments - Win32 email reader to replace OE
:: I think, as somebody said, that migrating to Outlook instead :: of Outlook Express might be something (though you won't be :: free from worms, virii, etc.). There is a patch available from Microsoft which prohibits the opening of certain types of attachments. This makes Outlook (not Outlook Express) pretty secure. In any case, who opens attachments these days anyway? It's all down to common sense surely. Use a good virus checker, keep it up to date (I update my signature files daily), don't open unexpected attachments and, if you use Outlook or Outlook Express, turn off the Auto Preview feature - then you're pretty safe, regardless of the email client you're using. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: email attachments; was modperl growth
:: I'm sorry, but it was a GPG (a free PGP) signed message. :: :: Outlook is really lost when it sees that and, since you've :: bought it from Microsoft, I think you should send them a :: request for them to implement OpenPGP standards in their :: mail reader. Er, that's not strictly true. Outlook handles encrypted and/or signed email as well as any other client. Outlook displays the signed email with a unique icon to identify it as such. The attachment contains the actual PGP info (in case you want to see it). I think that's fair enough isn't it? I don't know about Outlook Express though (which is a completely different mailer). Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
New mod_perl logo - revisited
Reminder: A growing collection of new mod_perl logo candidates is available at: http://wypug.digital-word.com/mod_perl/ Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
New mod_perl Logo
As many of you are aware, a new mod_perl website is currently being developed and is near to going live. To accompany the new site, and with mod_perl 2.0 development well under way, I have initiated a competition to find a new mod_perl logo. Therefore, I am asking any budding artists/designers amongst you to submit your efforts to myself ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I will make all submissions available for public review on the web at: http://wypug.digital-word.com/mod_perl/ (where a few designs are even now awaiting your perusal). Once I have accumulated enough variety, I will run a voting booth so that the winning design can be democratically chosen. The reward for your efforts: Eternal fame and fortune, glamour, admiration, kudos, etc... Well, at the very least, you will get the pleasure of seeing your design every time you visit the mod_perl website. It also possible that you would be credited by name/alias within the site. So come on folks, fire up the GIMP/PhotoShop and get to work. There are no rules, no preconceived ideas and no restrictions. You can use the exisiting icons of mod_perl (the camel, Apache feather, eagle, etc), or go for something entirely new - it's up to you. Ideas for logos, banners, powered by-type buttons are all welcome. Please don't send submissions to the mailing list(s) - send them directly to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). May the best man win. :-) Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ NOTE: The WYPUG webserver is not very stable at the moment. If the site is unavailable, then please try again a little later. We're working on a solution right now...
RE: New mod_perl Logo
:: Please let's not choose one with an ORA animal as the :: official logo. It's very annoying having to include those :: stupid copyright notices just because the logo is used on a page. The final logo will be chosen by majority vote. :: And since I've now posted to the list anyway, I can as well :: link my powered-by-button entry, which is partly based on a :: previous mod_perl site redesign that was never used in the :: end (sorry, forgot by whom it was): :: http://www.mawic.de/modperl.gif I have added your button to the gallery, thank you Markus. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: POST_MAX not working
:: Just to see if it actually does limit anything. When I then :: try to post a 5MB file to this component, no warning is :: generated in the Apache log. I've even tried setting :: POST_MAX to 1 byte, still nothing. Trond, I've encountered the same with both Apache::Request and CGI.pm. Are you on a Windows server??? Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Defeating mod_perl Persistence
:: You're probably storing it in a global so it never gets cleaned :: up. Don't :: do that. No, it's not a global Perrin - I've learnt that lesson! :-)
Defeating mod_perl Persistence
Hey Gang, When using Mail::Sender only the first email is sent on my mod_perl server. When I investigated, I realised that the socket to the SMTP server was staying open after the completion of that first email (presumably mod_perl is responsible for this persistence). Is there any way to defeat the persistence on the socket while running my script under mod_perl, or do such scripts always need to be mod_cgi? FYI, the script works fine under mod_cgi. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: [modperl site design challenge] please vote
:: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 09:39:28 GMT Server: :: Apache/1.3.23-dev (Unix) PHP/4.0.6 mod_perl/1.26_01-dev :: Connection: close Content-Type: :: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Expires: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 09:39:28 GMT :: :: Double header issue? Worked fine for me. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Hi
YAV! Yet another virus. :: -Original Message- :: From: Christopher Rivera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :: Sent: 04 December 2001 21:18 :: To: mod_perl :: Subject: Hi :: :: :: How are you ? :: When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you :: I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!
RE: [OT] Re: Vhosts + mod_perl
:: Everytime I make a new document root for a different website, say the :: subdomain loco on trains.ath.cx, do I need to update the DNS? :: :: For foo.trains.ath.cx and bar.trains.ath.cx do I need to make new DNS :: entries for foo and bar subdomains? Surely I don't? Because browsers :: will ask for it, and get directed to trains.ath.cx, and my apache will :: take are of the rest from the HTTP 1.1 Host: field? If you are adding sub-domains then, of course, you need to update your DNS. Without a corresponding DNS entry, how could foo.trains.ath.cx ever be resolved? Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Multiple Sites
:: But but it does not work. But if I put in URL/directory and a :: forward slash/ :: eg. http://URL/directory/ then it shows the default.htm page. :: But I know my :: customers, and they will not put in the directory forward slash. How do I :: get around this issue? Scott, The best solution is to use sub-domains, if you are able to effect changes to your DNS. That way your customers can't fail. e.g: http://cust1.yoursite.com/ http://cust2.yoursite.com/ etc. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
[OT] mod_gzip configuration
Hey gang, I have just installed mod_gzip on my mod_perl server and am very impressed with its performance. However, I've noticed that it is only compressing mod_perl output when parameters are passed to the script in the URL. E.g: http://www.mysite.com/test.cgi?test=1 will be compressed, but http://www.mysite.com/test.cgi will not! :-( My mod_gzip config follows: ## BEGIN MOD_GZIP CONFIGURATION LoadModule gzip_module modules/ApacheModuleGzip.dll mod_gzip_on Yes mod_gzip_minimum_file_size 300 mod_gzip_maximum_file_size 0 mod_gzip_maximum_inmem_size 10 mod_gzip_keep_workfiles No mod_gzip_temp_dir E:/Apache/temp mod_gzip_item_include file \.html$ mod_gzip_item_include file \.pl$ mod_gzip_item_include file \.cgi mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.* mod_gzip_item_include mime ^httpd/unix-directory$ mod_gzip_item_include handler ^perl-script$ mod_gzip_item_include handler ^server-status$ mod_gzip_item_include handler ^server-info$ mod_gzip_item_exclude file \.css$ mod_gzip_item_exclude file \.js$ mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.* mod_gzip_dechunkYes ## END MOD_GZIP CONFIGURATION Can anyone advise me as to how to change this configuration so that compression will work with or without parameters? Thanks in advance. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Apache - mod_perl - Windows
:: I have set up several Windows / Apache / mod_perl servers without any :: problems whatsoever. I would recommend the following (in order): :: :: Alternately: http://savage.net.au/Perl.html#Configuring-Apache Nice one Ron. That's excellent documentation. Cheers. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Apache - mod_perl - Windows
:: sorry for bothering you with a question concerning mod_perl under :: windows (it's not that I like windows so much, it's just because I have :: to use a windows system ...) Same here - I'm forced to use Windows because we're a Windows only shop. Additionally, I don't know Unix so that kind of limits my opportunities. :-( :: My question is: :: 1. is there a way to get a precompiled windows version running (I don't :: want to reset my Apache server to some ancient version!) I have set up several Windows / Apache / mod_perl servers without any problems whatsoever. I would recommend the following (in order): Download and install the latest non-v2 distribution of Apache Download ActiveState's ActivePerl (http://www.activestate.com/) and install into the Apache directory Use PPM (Perl Package Manager) to download and install mod_perl (and any other module you want). Note: You will need to add the following PPD Repository Path to PPM in order to get mod_perl: http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer :: 2. is it worth the effort (and likely to be successful) to configure the :: CPAN module with make- and cc-Utilities (e.g. from cygwin), and is there :: an *easy* indication how to do it :: or It's possible to do it via Cygwin, but not necessary if you follow the steps above. As to whether or not it's worth the effort... YES, YES, YES!!! You have got to see the difference between mod_perl and mod_cgi to believe it. Once you've worked under mod_perl, you'll will never go back to plain old CGI. :: 3. is Apache/mod_perl and windows an invalid combination which simply :: should not be used??? No way. This combination works very well with some caveats (see the documentation for details). Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Apache::Session Problem -- Addendum
Thank you everyone for the quality of help I've so far received and your
rapid responses. However... :-(
My code now includes:
35: # Session handler...
36: my %session; undef my $session_id;
37: use Apache::Session::MySQL;
38: tie %session, 'Apache::Session::MySQL', $session_id,
39: { DataSource = 'dbi:mysql:sessions', UserName = 'db_user', Password
= 'secret' };
40: $session_id = session_id=$session{_session_id};;
I am using Apache-Session v1.54.
The above code generates the following error:
[Thu Nov 22 10:31:38 2001] [error] PerlRun: `Can't connect(
HASH(0xbdcf54)), no database driver specified and DBI_DSN env var not set at
E:/Apache/site/lib/Apache/Session/Lock/MySQL.pm line 36 (in cleanup)
Can't connect( HASH(0x47e2f14)), no database driver specified and DBI_DSN
env var not set at E:/Apache/site/lib/Apache/Session/Lock/MySQL.pm line 36'
So, as you can see, I've moved on a little - but still don't have a working
session handler. Any offers?
Note: I know how boring it is to keep reading the same thread - I'll drop
it if I don't solve this today.
Kindest regards,
Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator
West Yorkshire Perl User Group
http://wypug.pm.org/
:: -Original Message-
:: From: Tatsuhiko Miyagawa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
:: Sent: 22 November 2001 04:34
:: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:: Cc: mod_perl Mailing List
:: Subject: Re: Apache::Session Problem -- Addendum
::
::
:: On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:23:33 -
:: Jonathan M. Hollin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
::
:: 42: tie %session, 'Apache::Session::DBI',
:: 43: {DataSource = dbi:$db_driver:sessions:$db_address};
::
:: put $sid (session id: undef for fresh) after 'Apache::Session::MySQL'.
::
:: --
:: Tatsuhiko Miyagawa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
::
Apache::Session Problem
Fellow Perl Mongers,
Can anyone help with my latest programming riddle?
I am trying to take advantage of the session-handling features of
Apache::Session. My program includes the following code (line numbers added
for clarity):
20: # Session handler (I)...
21: use Apache::Session::DBI;
[cut]
40: # Session handler (II)...
41: my %session;
42: tie %session, 'Apache::Session::DBI',
43: {DataSource = dbi:$db_driver:sessions:$db_address};
44: my $session_cookie = session_id=$session{_session_id};;
[cut]
The variables $db_driver and $db_address are imported from a small
configuration file that defines them as mysql and 192.168.0.201
respectively.
My program dies when called (via CGI under mod_perl) with an 500 Internal
Server Error with the following line appended to error.log:
[Wed Nov 21 22:25:12 2001] [error] PerlRun: `Can't locate object method
TIEHASH via package Apache::Session::DBI at
e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/logon.cgi line 42.'
Platform: Win2K, Apache, mod_perl, MySQL...
Any suggestions (apart from quit programming and take up farming instead)?
Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator
West Yorkshire Perl User Group
http://wypug.pm.org/
Apache::Session Problem -- Addendum
Thanks to Ilya Martynov for his response...
I changed Apache::Session::DBI to Apache::Session::MySQL and tried
again. The following error graced my error log:
[Wed Nov 21 23:01:13 2001] [error] PerlRun: `Died at
E:/Apache/site/lib/Apache/Session/Generate/MD5.pm line 40.'
Looking at MD5.pm - line 39, 40 and 41 read as follows:
if ($session-{data}-{_session_id} !~ /^[a-fA-F0-9]+$/) {
die;
}
I adjusted line 40 to read:
die $session-{data}-{_session_id};
The error log now gets:
[Wed Nov 21 23:07:54 2001] [error] PerlRun: `HASH(0x48acc64) at
E:/Apache/site/lib/Apache/Session/Generate/MD5.pm line 40.'
Yikes!
Any ideas?...
[original email follows...]
Fellow Perl Mongers,
Can anyone help with my latest programming riddle?
I am trying to take advantage of the session-handling features of
Apache::Session. My program includes the following code (line numbers added
for clarity):
20: # Session handler (I)...
21: use Apache::Session::DBI;
[cut]
40: # Session handler (II)...
41: my %session;
42: tie %session, 'Apache::Session::DBI',
43: {DataSource = dbi:$db_driver:sessions:$db_address};
44: my $session_cookie = session_id=$session{_session_id};;
[cut]
The variables $db_driver and $db_address are imported from a small
configuration file that defines them as mysql and 192.168.0.201
respectively.
My program dies when called (via CGI under mod_perl) with an 500 Internal
Server Error with the following line appended to error.log:
[Wed Nov 21 22:25:12 2001] [error] PerlRun: `Can't locate object method
TIEHASH via package Apache::Session::DBI at
e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/logon.cgi line 42.'
Platform: Win2K, Apache, mod_perl, MySQL...
Any suggestions (apart from quit programming and take up farming instead)?
Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator
West Yorkshire Perl User Group
http://wypug.pm.org/
CVS
Hi people, I am currently developing a content management system under mod_perl, with data stored in an RDBMS (MySQL at present, but Oracle on the production server). I would like to add version control to published documents (read pages) and wondered if anyone has any experience of this who would be willing to offer me some advice. I have a CVS server and am curious as to whether there is some way this can used (bearing in mind that I want to manage DB data, not files). I would like to be able to rollback to any previous version (if possible), and would also like to document the different versions themselves. I'm thinking that I could maybe commit the database files to CVS and then use a module to communicate with the CVS server (Apache-CVS, VCP, VCS-CVS, etc). Is this possible? Has anyone ever tried anything like this? I have searched CPAN and used Google to search the web and Usenet but have so far drawn a blank. I suspect that I will not be able to use CVS in this manner and that therefore I am going to have to roll my own. If this does turn out to be case - can anyone lend me any guidance as to how I work out what's changed in a record (between versions)? Then I can just store the changes in a DB as required. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
RE: Prototype Mismatch
Stas, I appreciate that this is the mod_perl mailing list. Let me clarify my initial question by adding... This behaviour only occurs when I run my script under mod_perl, no errors are reported when using mod_CGI. Hence my posting to the mod_perl list. :-) Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ :: -Original Message- :: From: Stas Bekman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :: Sent: 07 November 2001 03:18 :: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: Cc: mod_perl Mailing List :: Subject: Re: Prototype Mismatch :: :: :: Jonathan M. Hollin wrote: :: :: Platform: :: :: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server :: Perl 5.6 (Active State) :: mod_perl :: :: :: :: In my script a simple use Image::Magick; results in the :: following lines :: being added to my error.log everytime the script is called: :: :: :: Jonathan, I think you've sent this to the wrong list. We talk about :: mod_perl here, well mainly. See http://lists.perl.org for the perl lists. :: :: And read 'perldoc perlsub' manpage about prototypes. :: :: :: Prototype mismatch: sub :: :: Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Transparent :: vs ($;@) at :: E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. :: at e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/image_wizard.pl line 2 :: Prototype mismatch: sub :: Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Opaque vs ($;@) at :: E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. :: at e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/image_wizard.pl line 2 :: :: Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong based on this :: information? Is this :: a known bug (as a colleague suggests) and, if so, is there a patch or :: work-around? :: :: Any help appreciated. :: :: Thanks in advance. :: :: Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator :: West Yorkshire Perl User Group :: http://wypug.pm.org/ :: :: :: :: :: -- :: :: :: _ :: Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker :: http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide :: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ticketmaster.com http://apacheweek.com :: http://singlesheaven.com http://perl.apache.org http://perlmonth.com/ ::
RE: Prototype Mismatch
Problematic test script attached... Apache error.log reports the following: Prototype mismatch: sub Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Transparent vs ($;@) at E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. at e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/image_wizard.pl line 2 Prototype mismatch: sub Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Opaque vs ($;@) at E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. at e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/image_wizard.pl line 2 Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ :: -Original Message- :: From: Stas Bekman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :: Sent: 07 November 2001 13:40 :: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: Cc: mod_perl Mailing List :: Subject: Re: Prototype Mismatch :: :: :: Jonathan M. Hollin wrote: :: :: Stas, :: :: I appreciate that this is the mod_perl mailing list. Let me clarify my :: initial question by adding... This behaviour only occurs when I run my :: script under mod_perl, no errors are reported when using mod_CGI. :: :: Hence my posting to the mod_perl list. :-) :: :: :: OK, that's different :) :: :: Can you send a *small* test script that we can reproduce the :: problem with? :: :: I have seen this kind of errors when messing up with globs. :: :: _ :: Stas Bekman JAm_pH -- Just Another mod_perl Hacker :: http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide http://perl.apache.org/guide :: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ticketmaster.com http://apacheweek.com :: http://singlesheaven.com http://perl.apache.org http://perlmonth.com/ :: image_wizard.pl Description: Binary data
RE: Prototype Mismatch - and AN APOLOGY
Perrin, I'm using PerlRun at the moment because I'm still developing the application; the production server runs under Registry naturally. I added the parentheses as you suggested and everything is fine, the error.log is clean - no more problem. Thank you very much (this has really been bugging me). APOLOGY - I posted a message to this list with a small Perl script attached (without ZIP-ing it first). This has triggered off numerous bounced mail virus alerts and I apologise for this. I will avoid repeating that mistake in future. Thank you for your patience. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/ :: -Original Message- :: From: Perrin Harkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] :: Sent: 07 November 2001 16:02 :: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mod_perl Mailing List :: Subject: Re: Prototype Mismatch :: :: :: In my script a simple use Image::Magick; results in the :: following lines :: being added to my error.log everytime the script is called: :: :: Are you using PerlRun or Registry? :: :: Prototype mismatch: sub :: :: Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Transparent vs ($;@) :: at :: E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. :: :: I'm not sure why this is complaining, but one thing you can do :: is not import :: this function. You can do a 'use Image::Magick ()' and call it :: with a full :: package name instead. :: :: - Perrin ::
Prototype Mismatch
Platform: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Perl 5.6 (Active State) mod_perl In my script a simple use Image::Magick; results in the following lines being added to my error.log everytime the script is called: Prototype mismatch: sub Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Transparent vs ($;@) at E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. at e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/image_wizard.pl line 2 Prototype mismatch: sub Apache::ROOT::shapeshifter::system::pm_files_2ecgi::Opaque vs ($;@) at E:/Apache/lib/Exporter.pm line 57. at e:/apache/htdocs/shapeshifter/system/image_wizard.pl line 2 Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong based on this information? Is this a known bug (as a colleague suggests) and, if so, is there a patch or work-around? Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance. Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
Unpredictable Effects after Upload...
Hello all, Platform: Windows 2000, Apache, mod_perl Problem: When submitting forms that include files (uploads) my script becomes very unpredictable - CGI.pm doesn't seem to be able to recognise any data that's passed as part of the query string (it does still process form input though) once a file has been uploaded. Submit the same form but without attaching a file and everything works perfectly. There is nothing in the error logs to indicate what the problem might by (I'm using the -w flag). Can anyone offer any insight into what might me going on here? Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator West Yorkshire Perl User Group http://wypug.pm.org/
Re: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to announce that this problem is now SOLVED. That is, I can now access my MySQL database from a Perl script running under mod_perl. I won't detail the whole sorry affair again, but the rogue line read: $dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost; I must offer special thanks to Guido Moonen [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] who suggested In the error log is a error code 10061 (Which stands for connection refused) this means that the application cannot even open a connection to the mysql server. Maybe you should also provide the DSN with a port number. Or try to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. I did try changing localhost to 127.0.0.1 (and also tried the actual IP address of the computer). This generated a whole new set of error messages that finally showed me the light. Two things were wrong: 1) I was using localhost when I should have been using an IP address 2) (you're not going to believe this) My firewall was dropping all requests between mod_perl (running on my machine) and the MySQL server (on my LAN) - yet it was allowing the same request using CGI rather than mod_perl, we're still trying to figure out why I adjusted both and got the output I have spent 36 hours seeking. I would like to thank every single person who took the time to offer their invaluable advice and help. I would also like to apologise for the huge volume of traffic this problem generated within the list. I'm sorry. Thanks again Guido. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
Re: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to announce that this problem is now SOLVED. That is, I can now access my MySQL database from a Perl script running under mod_perl. I won't detail the whole sorry affair again, but the rogue line read: $dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost; I must offer special thanks to Guido Moonen [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] who suggested In the error log is a error code 10061 (Which stands for connection refused) this means that the application cannot even open a connection to the mysql server. Maybe you should also provide the DSN with a port number. Or try to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. I did try changing localhost to 127.0.0.1 (and also tried the actual IP address of the computer). This generated a whole new set of error messages that finally showed me the light. Two things were wrong: 1) I was using localhost when I should have been using an IP address 2) (you're not going to believe this) My firewall was dropping all requests between mod_perl (running on my machine) and the MySQL server (on my LAN) - yet it was allowing the same request using CGI rather than mod_perl, we're still trying to figure out why I adjusted both and got the output I have spent 36 hours seeking. I would like to thank every single person who took the time to offer their invaluable advice and help. I would also like to apologise for the huge volume of traffic this problem generated within the list. I'm sorry. Thanks again Guido. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
This is driving me crazy... is there anything special I need to do when
using DBI (DBD::MySQL) with mod_perl. A script that works just fine sans
mod_perl dies with error 500 (Internal Server Error) when mod_perl is
enabled for that file type:
Web Server: Apache/1.3.19(Win32) mod_perl/1.24_01 on a Windows 2000
server -- connecting to a MySQL 3.23.38-nt DB-server.
Sample of httpd.conf:
# BEGIN MOD_PERL CONFIG
LoadModule perl_module modules/ApacheModulePerl
ScriptAlias /perl-bin/ perl-bin/
PerlSendHeader On
Location /perl-bin
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options ExecCGI
/Location
Files *.pl
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options ExecCGI
/Files
Files *.cgi
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options ExecCGI
/Files
# END MOD_PERL CONFIG
Error Log entry:
[Tue May 22 00:13:09 2001] nul: DBI-connect failed: Can't connect to MySQL
server on 'localhost' (10061) at e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi
line 29
[Tue May 22 00:13:09 2001] [error] Can't call method prepare on an
undefined value at e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi line 30.
Perl Code:
use DBI();
$driver = mysql;
$dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost;
$dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, dbusrname, dbpassword);
my $sth = $dbh-prepare(SELECT * FROM frontpage);
$sth-execute();
while (my $ref = $sth-fetchrow_hashref()) {
$body .= qq~Found a row: id = $ref-{'serial_number'}, name =
$ref-{'position'}BR~;
}
$sth-finish();
$dbh-disconnect();
Any help appreciated. I have RTFMs but I can't reach any conclusions about
contention between mod_perl and MySQL...
Kindest regards,
Jonathan M. Hollin
Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
Hmm... Tried that, it returns nothing!!! :-(
Kindest regards,
Jonathan M. Hollin
Digital-Word.com
:: Jonathan M. Hollin wrote:
::
:: This is driving me crazy... is there anything special I need
:: to do when
:: using DBI (DBD::MySQL) with mod_perl. A script that works
:: just fine sans
:: mod_perl dies with error 500 (Internal Server Error) when mod_perl is
:: enabled for that file type:
::
:: Web Server: Apache/1.3.19(Win32) mod_perl/1.24_01 on a Windows 2000
:: server -- connecting to a MySQL 3.23.38-nt DB-server.
::
:: Sample of httpd.conf:
::
:: # BEGIN MOD_PERL CONFIG
:: LoadModule perl_module modules/ApacheModulePerl
:: ScriptAlias /perl-bin/ perl-bin/
:: PerlSendHeader On
:: Location /perl-bin
:: SetHandler perl-script
:: PerlHandler Apache::Registry
:: Options ExecCGI
:: /Location
::
:: Files *.pl
:: SetHandler perl-script
:: PerlHandler Apache::Registry
:: Options ExecCGI
:: /Files
::
:: Files *.cgi
:: SetHandler perl-script
:: PerlHandler Apache::Registry
:: Options ExecCGI
:: /Files
::
:: # END MOD_PERL CONFIG
::
:: Error Log entry:
::
:: [Tue May 22 00:13:09 2001] nul: DBI-connect failed: Can't
:: connect to MySQL
:: server on 'localhost' (10061) at
:: e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi
:: line 29
:: [Tue May 22 00:13:09 2001] [error] Can't call method prepare on an
:: undefined value at e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi line 30.
::
:: Perl Code:
::
:: use DBI();
:: $driver = mysql;
:: $dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost;
:: $dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, dbusrname, dbpassword);
::
:: how bout adding a 'or die DBI-errstr' to the above line to find
:: out whats
:: happening.
::
::
:: my $sth = $dbh-prepare(SELECT * FROM frontpage);
:: $sth-execute();
:: while (my $ref = $sth-fetchrow_hashref()) {
:: $body .= qq~Found a row: id =
:: $ref-{'serial_number'}, name =
:: $ref-{'position'}BR~;
:: }
:: $sth-finish();
:: $dbh-disconnect();
::
:: Any help appreciated. I have RTFMs but I can't reach any
:: conclusions about
:: contention between mod_perl and MySQL...
::
:: Kindest regards,
:: Jonathan M. Hollin
:: Digital-Word.com
::
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: This indicates that ~something~ should have gone to the error :: log. Can you tell us what else is there? Nothing, except: [Tue May 22 00:44:37 2001] nul: DBI-connect failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) at e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi line 29 [Tue May 22 00:44:37 2001] [error] Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) at e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi line 29. :: Can you get a DB connection with regular CGI? Yes, no problem at all with regular CGI. But I already like the massive speed increase I've seen under mod_perl and don't want to lose it. If I comment out the DBI code the rest of the script works fine. I have test the MOD_PERL environment string and mod_perl is definitely running okay. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: You have several pieces of mod_perl configuration. If you leave it all in :: place, and try some mod_perl CGI without a DB connection, what happens? Everything works fine (tested several scripts yet and had no other problems - none of the others use DBI though). I am also using CGI.pm in the script that's failing. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
Oh the connect is definitely where it's failing. If I comment that out then everything works fine... I'll try your code though - watch this space. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com :: :: how bout adding a 'or die DBI-errstr' to the above line to find :: :: out whats :: :: happening. :: :: Hmm... Tried that, it returns nothing!!! :-( :: :: This is suspicious. The connect() is definitely where the error is :: happening given what you wrote earlier. Try making sure, change it to: :: :: use DBI(); :: $driver = mysql; :: $dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost; :: $dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, dbusrname, dbpassword) :: or die Error: $DBI::errstr; :: :: (include the whole string there)
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: This is suspicious. The connect() is definitely where the error is :: happening given what you wrote earlier. Try making sure, change it to: :: :: use DBI(); :: $driver = mysql; :: $dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost; :: $dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, dbusrname, dbpassword) :: or die Error: $DBI::errstr; Done this - failed! Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: JH Yes I also have PHP4 installed and running properly (and am able to :: connect :: JH to the MySQL server fine with PHP). I'll comment out the :: PHP code from :: JH httpd.config and see if that helps... :: :: Cool, that could be it. If not, I'd get suspicious of anything :: else that can :: access Mysql. Removed PHP from Apache, that didn't help. Nothing else is connecting to the MySQL server. Interestingly, the MySQL server error log contains nothing. No failed access attempts, no other error codes. I presume this is significant? Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: JH Yes I also have PHP4 installed and running properly (and am able :: JH to connect to the MySQL server fine with PHP). :: :: Good, that establishes that your DB is working. Yes the database is working fine. Let me reiterate: DB is accessible via mysqladmin; DB is accessible via PHP; DB is accessible via CGI; DB is NOT accessible via mod_perl. :: JH Removed PHP from Apache, that didn't help. :: JH Nothing else is connecting to the MySQL server. :: :: I've never used a non-*NIX Apache. Do you need to restart you :: machine to get :: something(s) out of memory? Compile a new binary (I doubt it)? I don't think I have to restart the machine. I thought I only had to kill the Apache process, then restart it. However, I'll try a reboot... :: JH Interestingly, the MySQL server error log contains nothing. :: No failed :: JH access attempts, no other error codes. I presume this is :: significant? :: :: My thought would be that this indicates a driver problem. I would suggest :: creating a terribly minimized configuration that only includes :: the requisits :: and mod_perl stuff. Then see if that works. Yes, I think I should try this. I'll reboot now, then test. Then I'll build minimal script and test that. Will advise list of results. I would just like to say thank you to everyone for their help thus far. I am completely new to mod_perl, but an old hand with Perl and CGI. I appreciate your efforts. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: What does 'failed' mean? What was the error? That's the point, you :: have to see the particular error string, starting with Error:, to find :: out what's happening. I appreciate what you were looking for Ken. But that's the point - I don't get an error string. All I get is an Internal Server Error. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: Sorry if I'm pointing out the obvious, but that's what you usually see in :: the browser. The real error message will be in your apache logs, :: quite often in /var/log/httpd/error_log, but defined in your apache :: configuration. I know Tom. I already posted the error log entry, but here goes anyway: [Tue May 22 01:39:47 2001] [error] DBI-connect failed: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) at e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi line 33 Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: I see what Tom is saying. You said that you found this in your error log: :: :: [Tue May 22 01:39:47 2001] [error] DBI-connect failed: Can't :: connect to :: MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) at :: e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/frontpage.cgi line 33 :: :: But a previous message suggested trying to propogate your own :: error in the :: Perl code like this: :: :: $dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, dbusrname, dbpassword) :: or die Error: $DBI::errstr; :: :: If you use this method, then you should get a record in your error log :: simular to: :: Error: some error message :: :: Tom is saying that your error message should actually include the string: :: 'Error: '. I'm wondering the same thing, what did ~that ~ error :: message say? That's my point. I DO have the or die code in my script - it hasn't changed the message reported in error.log. Believe me guys, I'm as confused as you are. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
Still not talking!
Okay...
Rebooting the computer made no difference whatsoever.
So I built a minimal script as follows:
#!perl
print (Content-type: text/html\n\n);
use strict;
use vars qw($query $dsn $driver $db_username $db_password $dbh);
require 5.006; $| = 1; ($0 =~ m,(.*)/[^/]+,) unshift (@INC, $1); ($0 =~
m,(.*)\\[^\\]+,) unshift (@INC, $1);
use CGI qw(:standard); use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';
$CGI::POST_MAX = (1024 * 0); $CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS = 1;
$query = new CGI;
use DBI();
$driver = mysql;
$dsn = DBI:$driver:database=shapeshifter;host=localhost;
$db_username = ;
$db_password = ;
warn Before DBI-connect(): [$$];
$dbh = DBI-connect($dsn, $db_username, $db_password, {'RaiseError' = 1})
or die sprintf Error: %s.\n, DBI-errstr;
warn After DBI-connect() [$$];
my $sth = $dbh-prepare(SELECT * FROM frontpage);
$sth-execute();
while (my $ref = $sth-fetchrow_hashref()) {
print qq~Found a row: id = $ref-{'serial_number'}, name =
$ref-{'position'}BR~;
}
$sth-finish();
$dbh-disconnect();
if ($ENV{'MOD_PERL'}) {
print Mod_perl is installed on this server:
$ENV{'MOD_PERL'}brbr\n;
} else {
print Mod_perl is not installed on this serverbrbr\n;
}
When running this I get a 200 OK message in the browser as follows:
OK
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done
that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/1.3.19 Server at localhost Port 80
The error.log file (Apache) contains the following:
[Tue May 22 02:35:03 2001] nul: Before DBI-connect(): [500] at
e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/db_test.cgi line 20.
[Tue May 22 02:35:03 2001] [error] DBI-connect failed: Can't connect to
MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) at
e:/pad/htdocs/internet/system/db_test.cgi line 21
Now I'm completely stumped. Can anyone spot anything obvious from this?
FYI, I have attached my httpd.conf in its entirety in case that helps.
Kindest regards,
Jonathan M. Hollin
Digital-Word.com
httpd.conf
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: Okay, then that's the problem. It's not running the script you think :: it's running. If you don't see 'Error:' in the error log, then you :: could change that script all day and your changes will never have any :: effect. But it is running the script I am requesting - I know this because when I comment out the DBI-connect it works perfectly. :: So either you're just running the wrong script, or the script has gotten :: cached under Apache::Registry and it's not noticing the latest version :: on disk. cached under Apache::Registry - well that's outside of my [limited] knowledge of Apache. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Still not talking!
:: You're probably not getting your error message because you have :: RaiseError on. Have corrected that - but the results haven't changed in any way. Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
Rodney, :: I propose that you reduce it to: :: :: # BEGIN MOD_PERL CONFIG :: LoadModule perl_module modules/ApacheModulePerl :: :: Files *.mpl :: SetHandler perl-script :: PerlHandler Apache::Registry :: /Files :: :: # END MOD_PERL CONFIG :: :: You'll see that I'm using *.mpl. This will insure that you don't :: have some :: other assosiation interfering. I had already tried .plx to no avail. I have made the change as you suggest and I still have the same error. I'm probably going to have to forfeit mod_perl after all. :-( Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
Incidentally, I am using the following module versions: DBD-MySQL [1.2214]; DBI [1.13] Does this have any bearing on my problem? Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com LATEST NEWS: Digital-Word.com releases e-gateway v3.0. See: http://e-gateway.1-1IT.Net/ for further details... IMPORTANT: This e-mail and the information that it contains may be confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient only is authorised. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on any information contained in this e-mail is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs to The Digital Word Company Limited: the author also asserts the right to be identified as such and object to any misuse. The Digital Word Company Limited. Registered in the United Kingdom, number: 3416629. Registered Office: Batley Business Technology Centre, Technology Drive, Batley, WF17 6ER, England. Internet: http://v3.digital-word.com/
RE: Connection to MySQL DB fails when mod_perl enabled...
:: Okay, last idea: you say you can connect to mysql from the command line, :: from regular CGI, and from PHP. I'm guessing that in all of those :: situations, you're acting as the same user (win2k user, not mysql user). :: However, under mod_perl you'll be acting as whatever user your web :: server runs as. That's probably the only real difference between :: mod_perl and the other situations. :: :: So if you can become that user and try connecting to the database, :: perhaps you can get more insight into the problem. I would like to try that (anything to get this working). Er... how do I do that? Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com
That annoying DB guy again... ;-)
I know you all want me to go away, so I apologise for the noise. Anyway, at http://perl.apache.org/guide/databases.html#Why_Relational_SQL_Databases there is a reference to an Apache::DBI module. I DON'T have this module installed - is this the reason why CGI connects work yet mod_perl requests don't? I wonder... Kindest regards, Jonathan M. Hollin Digital-Word.com LATEST NEWS: Digital-Word.com releases e-gateway v3.0. See: http://e-gateway.1-1IT.Net/ for further details... IMPORTANT: This e-mail and the information that it contains may be confidential, legally privileged and protected by law. Access by the intended recipient only is authorised. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on any information contained in this e-mail is hereby excluded. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Copyright in this e-mail and attachments created by us belongs to The Digital Word Company Limited: the author also asserts the right to be identified as such and object to any misuse. The Digital Word Company Limited. Registered in the United Kingdom, number: 3416629. Registered Office: Batley Business Technology Centre, Technology Drive, Batley, WF17 6ER, England. Internet: http://v3.digital-word.com/
