Re: maintaining shared memory size (was: Re: swampedwithconnection?)
On 30 Aug 2005, at 10:16, Badai Aqrandista wrote: I used to use A::S::MySQL, but it created 2 connections for every process. This caused 'Too many connections' error. So I tried to use memcached. Now that I know how to make one connection per process (using database.table identifier on all sql queries), I'll probably try to use A::S::MySQL again. But now you have reduced MaxClients, that shouldn't happen.
Re: [PATCH] DBI::ProfileDumper::Apache ported to mp2 RC5+
[I wrote this over a week ago but queued it waiting till I submitted
the changes. That's still not happened yet so I'll just post it anyway.]
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 05:22:34PM -0400, Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 01:59:34PM -0400, Sam Tregar wrote:
> >Very cool! One comment: don't bother with 'use constant' here. The
> >tiny amount of time saved by using a constant will be overwhelmed by
> >the time used loading constant.pm and calling import().
> I wasn't doing it for speed, more of consitency's sake with perl.apache.org
> docs
> and other modules like Apache::DBI, Apache::DB (+friends), and etc. I have
> however
> changed it to a user var ($MP2) per you request.
For some reason I got rejects so had to apply the patch by hand.
In the process I opted to use constant again. It's already loaded by
DBI::Profile and the perl compiler can use constants to completely
eliminate code for statements like if(){} blocks it knows won't be entered.
I also tweaked the $ENV{MOD_PERL_API_VERSION} test to avoid undef warnings.
Thanks.
Tim.
> I tweaked this to be slightly better. I stole an idea from Apache::DB
> Because the Apache::RequestUtil->request() is what needs the
> PerlOptions +GlobalRequest, I've added the ability to
> PerlSetEnv DBI_PROFILE_APACHE_LOG_DIR /server_root/logs
>
> if you don't want to add +GlobalRequests which will would be useful in
> threaded environments as the CLONE() of $r is slow.
>
> I've also added and confirmed this error message to the docs.
>
> Also, I added a Changes entry and generated the diff against SVN.
>
> P.S.
> I upped the version 1.0 to 1.1
>
> Index: lib/DBI/ProfileDumper/Apache.pm
> ===
> --- lib/DBI/ProfileDumper/Apache.pm (revision 1470)
> +++ lib/DBI/ProfileDumper/Apache.pm (working copy)
> @@ -10,6 +10,22 @@
>
>PerlSetEnv DBI_PROFILE DBI::ProfileDumper::Apache
>
> +Under mod_perl2 RC5+ you'll need to also add:
> +
> + PerlSetEnv DBI_PROFILE_APACHE_LOG_DIR /server_root/logs
> +
> + OR add
> +
> + PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
> +
> +to the gobal config section you're about test with
> +DBI::ProfileDumper::Apache. If you don't do this,
> +you'll see messages in your error_log similar to:
> +
> +DBI::ProfileDumper::Apache on_destroy failed: Global $r object is not
> available. Set:
> +PerlOptions +GlobalRequest
> +in httpd.conf at /DBI/ProfileDumper/Apache.pm line 144
> +
> Then restart your server. Access the code you wish to test using a
> web browser, then shutdown your server. This will create a set of
> F files in your Apache log directory. Get a profiling
> @@ -105,11 +121,12 @@
>
> =cut
>
> -use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
> -$VERSION = "1.0";
> +use vars qw($VERSION @ISA $MP2);
> +$VERSION = "1.1";
> @ISA = qw(DBI::ProfileDumper);
> +$MP2 = $ENV{MOD_PERL_API_VERSION} == 2 ? 1 : 0;
> +
> use DBI::ProfileDumper;
> -use Apache;
> use File::Spec;
>
> # Override flush_to_disk() to setup File just in time for output.
> @@ -120,7 +137,22 @@
> my $self = shift;
>
> # setup File per process
> -my $path = Apache->server_root_relative("logs/");
> +my $path;
> +
> +if ($MP2) {
> +if ($ENV{DBI_PROFILE_APACHE_LOG_DIR}) {
> +$path = $ENV{DBI_PROFILE_APACHE_LOG_DIR};
> +}
> +else {
> +require Apache2::RequestUtil;
> +require Apache2::ServerUtil;
> +$path =
> Apache2::ServerUtil::server_root_relative(Apache2::RequestUtil->request()->pool,
> "logs/")
> +}
> +}
> +else {
> + require Apache;
> + $path = Apache->server_root_relative("logs/");
> +}
> my $old_file = $self->{File};
> $self->{File} = File::Spec->catfile($path, "$old_file.$$");
>
> Index: Changes
> ===
> --- Changes (revision 1470)
> +++ Changes (working copy)
> @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
> $dbh->{Callbacks}->{prepare} = sub { ... };
> With thanks to David Wheeler for the kick start.
>
> + Ported DBI::ProfileDumper::Apache to mod_perl RC5+
> +thanks to Philip M. Golluci
> +
> =head2 Changes in DBI 1.48 (svn rev 928),14th March 2005
>
>Fixed DBI::DBD::Metadata generation of type_info_all thanks to Steffen
>Goeldner
>
>
>
>
> --
> END
>
> What doesn't kill us can only make us stronger.
> Nothing is impossible.
>
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Re: Apache::Test not finding global config file
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 06:59:56PM -0400, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > To answer your original quesiton, > you want: > in A-T source, Thanks for the reference. Some further investigating showed that calling t/TEST -clean is when I lose the -httpd_config setting which explains why `./Build test` is finding the wrong config file. I'm putting some debug statements into lib/Apache/TestConfigParse.pm::inherit_config() to see if I can track down where A::T is getting that bad location for the config file. Thanks, William -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com
Re: Apache::Test not finding global config file
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 06:56:57PM -0400, Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > >From the trace below, you can see that A::T thinks the config file is > >'/usr/conf/httpd2.conf': > > [ debug] isolated httpd_defines HTTPD_ROOT = /etc/httpd/2.0 > > [ debug] isolated httpd_defines SERVER_CONFIG_FILE = conf/httpd2.conf > I guess that should be > /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/httpd2.conf > > then right ? > What is the actual path you want it to find ? I want it to find /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/httpd2.conf but it is finding: [ debug] isolated httpd_defines HTTPD_ROOT = /etc/httpd/2.0 [ debug] isolated httpd_defines SERVER_CONFIG_FILE = conf/httpd2.conf [ debug] inheriting config file: /usr/conf/httpd2.conf I'd love to figure out where it's grabbing '/usr' to append to the SERVER_CONFIG_FILE that it finds. Any ideas? Thanks, William -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com
Re: Apache::Test not finding global config file
> I want it to find /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/httpd2.conf but it is finding:
>
> [ debug] isolated httpd_defines HTTPD_ROOT = /etc/httpd/2.0
> [ debug] isolated httpd_defines SERVER_CONFIG_FILE = conf/httpd2.conf
> [ debug] inheriting config file: /usr/conf/httpd2.conf
>
> I'd love to figure out where it's grabbing '/usr' to append to the
> SERVER_CONFIG_FILE that it finds. Any ideas?
$self->{httpd_basedir}, which looks to be calculated based on the location
of the httpd binary. but it looks like it ought to be using HTTPD_ROOT
instead. at least if it's defined.
try this (completely untested)
--Geoff
Index: lib/Apache/TestConfigParse.pm
===
--- lib/Apache/TestConfigParse.pm (revision 265514)
+++ lib/Apache/TestConfigParse.pm (working copy)
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
my $extra_file = $self->{vars}->{httpd_conf_extra};
unless ($file and -e $file) {
-if (my $base = $self->{httpd_basedir}) {
+if (my $base = $self->{httpd_defines}->{HTTPD_ROOT} || $self->{httpd_basedir}) {
my $default_conf = $self->{httpd_defines}->{SERVER_CONFIG_FILE};
$default_conf ||= catfile qw(conf httpd.conf);
$file = catfile $base, $default_conf;
Multiple Handlers
All, I'm trying to make something work in mod perl, and all the docs seem to be pointing me in ways which just don't work on our system... Server version: Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) SunOS 5.9 perl, v5.8.6 I wish to have a handler which sits after the Authentication stage, which can choose whether to display a HTML page instead of the originally requested page.. The originally requested page will usually be served via Embperl, or a method handler.. I originally tried using $r->set_handlers. in my PerlAuthenHandler. But this made absolutely no difference to the current request... e.g. if did a get_handlers call before and after using set_handlers, it clearly showed me the handlers I'd set using set_handlers, but apache ignored this and carried on serving it's original get_handlers() anyway.. I found many different people reporting bugs in the set_handlers mechanism and push_handler (which worked but couldn't help me as what I wanted to do was unshift (not push) the handlers). So I tried defining two handlers for the same request, the first one my custom handler, the second one Embperl as normal. Now when my custom handler returns DECLINE the page requested displays normally.GREAT:-)... But when my custom handler actually serves a page, and returns OK, I actually see the custom handler page being served, and then the original requested page appears below with a load of headers and server error messages So basically BOTH handlers are being called Now, I was under the impression (but could be wrong) that if 2 content PerlHandlers are defined for a request, then if the first one returns OK then the second handler doesn't get called, but if it returns DECLINED then the second one gets called... Can anybody throw some light on this? Why doesn't set_handlers (used in the PerlAuthenHandler phase) allow me to define the PerlHandler for the content phase? How do I prevent other handlers (independant of my custom handler) from being run if my Custom handler decides to serve a page... Kind regards Marty ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Suggestions for creating an archive
Hi, Apologises if this is a little OT but I am can't seem to find anything relevant elsewhere. I am currently using MP1, 1.29 on Linux. I need to create a archive file and send it back to the user. The files within the archive will be jpegs so compression isn't needed, but I need the archive so they can download all the files in one hit. The end-users are all Win32 and will use winzip to open the archive so tar files might be...a bit complex for them to handle. I have 2 problems to overcome. The most obvious (and embarressing) is that I don't know how to send a request a file. I have seen examples of sending a filehandle ($r->send($fh)) but I am not sure that this is appropriate. The other problem is how to create the archive and with what. I have installed Apache::GzipChain but it seems unduly elaborate. Any suggestions here would be great. If I you do need to send a file as a filehandle, what are the other headers that need to be set, content_length, encoding and type and would the archiving process need to be done as a pipe? Sorry if I'm rambling here but I am don't know where to begin. Thanx. Dp. ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668
Re: maintaining shared memory size
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 14:13 +1000, Badai Aqrandista wrote: > Lots of SQL queries and calculation based on the query results. I've cached > most of the query results, but the calculation results can't be cached > because they depend on user inputs. If this is serious number-crunching, it might be one of the few times where using C really does make sense for that part. > POE sounds good to start with, right? For a daemon to monitor a queue? Probably not. I'd just write a simple script that polls a database table and forks a new process to handle any jobs it finds. Parallel::ForkManager is handy for this kind of thing. - Perrin
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 17:18 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > I need to create a archive file and send it back to the user. Either do a system call to zip, or use Archive::Zip, write the file out in a directory under your web server, and send a redirect to the newly written file. - Perrin
Re: Multiple Handlers
> I originally tried using $r->set_handlers. in my
> PerlAuthenHandler. But this made absolutely no
> difference to the current request...
if you want to set_handlers() for the PerlHandler phase you need two calls
$r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]);
$r->handler('perl-script');
HTH
--Geoff
Re: Multiple Handlers
Have an awful suspicion the book I used suggested
doing it the other way around? Would that make a
difference?
$r->handler('perl-script');
$r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]);
Marty
--- Geoffrey Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > I originally tried using $r->set_handlers. in my
> > PerlAuthenHandler. But this made absolutely no
> > difference to the current request...
>
> if you want to set_handlers() for the PerlHandler
> phase you need two calls
>
> $r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]);
> $r->handler('perl-script');
>
> HTH
>
> --Geoff
>
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Re: Multiple Handlers
Martin Moss wrote:
> Have an awful suspicion the book I used suggested
> doing it the other way around? Would that make a
> difference?
>
> $r->handler('perl-script');
> $r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]);
none whatsoever.
keep in mind that you can only call set_handlers() during phases prior to
the phase you're setting. for example, you can't
$r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]
from within a PerlHandler, but you could from within a PerlAuthenHandler.
btw, I saw that you wanted to unshift handlers (as opposed to push). this is
how you do that
my $handlers = $r->get_handlers(`PerlFixupHandler');
$r->set_handlers(PerlFixupHandler => [`My::Bow', @$handlers]);
HTH
--Geoff
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
I had tried Archive::Zip earlier but gave up after this error.
Here what I have at the moment.:
...snip
my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
my $member = $zip->addDirectory('myarchive/');
chdir("$dir") or die "Can't cd into $dir: $!\n";
my @jpegs = glob("*.jpg");
foreach my $f (@jpegs) {
$member = $zip->addFile($f);
}
die "write error" unless $zip->writeToFileNamed('Myzip.zip') ==
AZ_OK;
move("Myzip.zip","/var/www/htdocs/");
$r->internal_redirect("myzip.zip");
return OK;
} # end of Handler
1;
And I am getting a Bad Request - Invalid URI in request GET
/file_export HTTP/1.1 error. I am not sure about this error. Can't say
I've seen it before.
Myzip.zip is created and is stored in DocumentRoot
(/var/www/htdocs).
Will redo the literal path later. Any ideas? Should I be giving more
content info?
Dp.
On 31 Aug 2005 at 12:40, Perrin Harkins wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 17:18 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> > I need to create a archive file and send it back to the user.
>
> Either do a system call to zip, or use Archive::Zip, write the file out
> in a directory under your web server, and send a redirect to the newly
> written file.
>
> - Perrin
>
>
>
~~
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Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library
Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On 31 Aug 2005 at 12:40, Perrin Harkins wrote:
Sorry I guess that should be
$r->internal_redirect("http://austin/Myzip.zip";);
That what the bad uri means.
Still my archive file arrives empty even though the actual archive in
/var/www/htdocs has files files in it.
Dp.
~~
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Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library
Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:09 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> $r->internal_redirect("myzip.zip");
That's supposed to be a URL: "/myzip.zip"
I was actually thinking of an external redirect, but an internal
redirect should work.
- Perrin
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On 31 Aug 2005, at 17:40, Perrin Harkins wrote: On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 17:18 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote: I need to create a archive file and send it back to the user. Either do a system call to zip, or use Archive::Zip, write the file out in a directory under your web server, and send a redirect to the newly written file. ISTR doing this in the past by setting $r->file, or something similar, to point to the file in question. Am I misremembering?
Re: Multiple Handlers
It doesn't seem to work... This was the original
solution I tried..
Here is the code:-
if (Apache->can('set_handlers'))
{
print STDERR "CAN PUSH HANDLERS OK\n";
}
else
{
print STDERR "CANNOT PUSH HANDLERS OK\n";
}
my $list = $r->get_handlers( 'PerlHandler' );
print STDERR "\n";
print STDERR Dumper($$,$0,$list);
print STDERR "===\n";
$r->set_handlers( 'PerlHandler' =>
['My::Apache::User::Notification']);
$r->handler('perl-script');
my $list2 = Apache->get_handlers( 'PerlHandler' );
print STDERR Dumper($$,$list,$list2);
print STDERR "==\n";
Here is the output I get in my logs:-
CAN PUSH HANDLERS OK
==
$VAR1 = 15253;
$VAR2 = '/www/common/conf/core/traps.conf';
$VAR3 = [
'Embperl::handler'
];
==
$VAR1 = 15253;
$VAR2 = [
'Embperl::handler'
];
$VAR3 = [
'III::Apache::User::Notification'
];
==
==
15253 Apache::AuthenDBI request type = main
In Embperl::handler
So as you can see, the set_handlers seems to work...
But after the Authen stage has returned OK, the next
handler to take control is Embperl::handler...
Any Ideas?
Regards
Marty
--- Geoffrey Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Martin Moss wrote:
> > Have an awful suspicion the book I used suggested
> > doing it the other way around? Would that make a
> > difference?
> >
> > $r->handler('perl-script');
> > $r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]);
>
> none whatsoever.
>
> keep in mind that you can only call set_handlers()
> during phases prior to
> the phase you're setting. for example, you can't
>
> $r->set_handlers(PerlHandler => [ My::Handler ]
>
> from within a PerlHandler, but you could from within
> a PerlAuthenHandler.
>
> btw, I saw that you wanted to unshift handlers (as
> opposed to push). this is
> how you do that
>
> my $handlers =
> $r->get_handlers(`PerlFixupHandler');
> $r->set_handlers(PerlFixupHandler => [`My::Bow',
> @$handlers]);
>
> HTH
>
> --Geoff
>
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Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On 31 Aug 2005 at 13:14, Perrin Harkins wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:09 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> > $r->internal_redirect("myzip.zip");
>
> That's supposed to be a URL: "/myzip.zip"
>
> I was actually thinking of an external redirect, but an internal
> redirect should work.
Do you mean a redirect to a completely separate handler or cgi?
Currently what i get is downloaded file named after the
handler/Location, file_export (no extension). WinZip claims it is
empty. You have to rename the file with a '.zip' extension or Winzip
wil not recognise it.
So I guess the question is there a way define a name for the
download?
Thanx.
Dp.
Re: maintaining shared memory size
Badai Aqrandista wrote: ...Your requests take 110 seconds each? What is your application doing? My app is an online hotel booking system. That part is the part where it searches availabilities through all combination of dates, number of guests, rooms, packages, allotments, pricing structures, and more. This doesn't sound like a "search" at all. Typically individuals know at least SOMETHING about the booking they want to make. How many times do you book a hotel, but don't care whether it's in Barbados or Brazil? If you have a resonable set of search criteria (constraints) linked to appropriate indexes on your data, you should be looking at <1s responses, not hundreds of seconds. Many online systems will either reject a search with too few critieria, or limit the results to (say) the first 100 hits, precisely to stop silly or malicious searches producing a zillion results and crippling their system. If you really are enumerating all possible combinations, not really searching for specific solutions, this sounds like a job for an occasionally-run batch job storing the results into a cache table, although in your case this sounds like a potantially huge cache Regards: Colin.
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:38 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > Do you mean a redirect to a completely separate handler or cgi? I mean a standard redirect to a normal .zip file, which you let apache serve for you like any other file. Then you clear these out periodically with a cron job. > So I guess the question is there a way define a name for the > download? There is a way to do it, defined as part of HTTP or MIME -- I can't quite remember. If you do an external redirect you won't have to bother figuring it out. - Perrin
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
Perrin Harkins wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:38 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > >>Do you mean a redirect to a completely separate handler or cgi? > > > I mean a standard redirect to a normal .zip file, which you let apache > serve for you like any other file. Then you clear these out > periodically with a cron job. > > >>So I guess the question is there a way define a name for the >>download? > > > There is a way to do it, defined as part of HTTP or MIME -- I can't > quite remember. If you do an external redirect you won't have to bother > figuring it out. If you are generating your own content headers you use the Content-Disposition header. Something like: $r->header_out( 'Content-Disposition' => 'inline; filename=my_cool_stuff.zip' ); -- Michael Peters Developer Plus Three, LP
Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
On 31 Aug 2005, at 18:43, Perrin Harkins wrote: There is a way to do it, defined as part of HTTP or MIME -- I can't quite remember. If you do an external redirect you won't have to bother figuring it out. Content-Disposition: rings a bell.
Re: Apache::Test not finding global config file
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 11:54:57AM -0400, Geoffrey Young wrote:
> $self->{httpd_basedir}, which looks to be calculated based on the location
> of the httpd binary. but it looks like it ought to be using HTTPD_ROOT
> instead. at least if it's defined.
>
> try this (completely untested)
Perfect! That worked just fine. How can we get it added to A::T?
Thanks,
William
PS: Sorry I missed you at YAPC this year. Perrin will tell you that I
tried my best to track you down. Next time...
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Re: Suggestions for creating an archive
Excellent. I give it a try tomorrow. Dp. On 31 Aug 2005 at 13:48, Michael Peters wrote: > > > Perrin Harkins wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 18:38 +0100, Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > > >>Do you mean a redirect to a completely separate handler or cgi? > > > > > > I mean a standard redirect to a normal .zip file, which you let apache > > serve for you like any other file. Then you clear these out > > periodically with a cron job. > > > > > >>So I guess the question is there a way define a name for the > >>download? > > > > > > There is a way to do it, defined as part of HTTP or MIME -- I can't > > quite remember. If you do an external redirect you won't have to bother > > figuring it out. > > If you are generating your own content headers you use the > Content-Disposition header. > > Something like: > $r->header_out( > 'Content-Disposition' => 'inline; filename=my_cool_stuff.zip' > ); > > -- > Michael Peters > Developer > Plus Three, LP > >
Re: Apache::Test not finding global config file
William McKee wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 11:54:57AM -0400, Geoffrey Young wrote:
>
>>$self->{httpd_basedir}, which looks to be calculated based on the location
>>of the httpd binary. but it looks like it ought to be using HTTPD_ROOT
>>instead. at least if it's defined.
>>
>>try this (completely untested)
>
>
> Perfect! That worked just fine. How can we get it added to A::T?
if you can do me the favor of trying a few different configuration scenarios
(including 1.3, non-apxs, /usr/local/apache, etc) and making sure nothing
breaks, that would be great. the box where my matrix used to live had a
hard drive failure, so I'm slowly rebuilding it as I find the time.
if those all look good I'll commit it.
> PS: Sorry I missed you at YAPC this year. Perrin will tell you that I
> tried my best to track you down. Next time...
next time just nail me down after one of my talks :)
--Geoff
Re: maintaining shared memory size
My app is an online hotel booking system. That part is the part where it searches availabilities through all combination of dates, number of guests, rooms, packages, allotments, pricing structures, and more. This doesn't sound like a "search" at all. Typically individuals know at least SOMETHING about the booking they want to make. How many times do you book a hotel, but don't care whether it's in Barbados or Brazil? Yes, the user provides the dates and the number of guests (and probably a coupon number). Then based on that, the system searches for available room and package combinations on the particular hotel, based on various constraints. --- Badai Aqrandista Cheepy (?) _ REALESTATE: biggest buy/rent/share listings http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au
Re: maintaining shared memory size
> POE sounds good to start with, right? For a daemon to monitor a queue? Probably not. I'd just write a simple script that polls a database table and forks a new process to handle any jobs it finds. Parallel::ForkManager is handy for this kind of thing. Yes. POE looks overkill compare to Parallel::ForkManager. Thanks. --- Badai Aqrandista Cheepy (?) _ Low rate ANZ MasterCard. Apply now! http://clk.atdmt.com/MAU/go/msnnkanz003006mau/direct/01/ Must be over 18 years.
