Re: [cgiapp] Moving on to mod_perl

[Michael <suppressed>]

Sean Davis wrote:
> I have an application that I think would be well-served by moving over 
> to a mod_perl environment and would like to proceed in that direction.  
> I was hoping someone might be willing to share a few step-by-steps or a 
> couple of good links as to how to go about that.  I have an Apache 
> server with mod_perl running.  I use a couple of DBI connections, 
> CGI::Session (the plugin), and TT as the template engine.  As far as I 
> know, I have no global variables defined.

I would start off by running your script (hopefully unchanged) under 
Apache::Registry. If that doesn't work then maybe Apache::PerlRun.

I would definitely check out

http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/getwet.html#Porting_Existing_CGI_Scripts_to_run_under_mod_perl

Then, you should be able to use Apache::DBI as a drop in replacement for 
  DBI to use cached connections between requests.

If it's a large app, this may be sufficient and trying to port it to use 
the native Apache::* modules may be more headache than it's worth if 
you're using CGI.pm. I would however strongly suggest that you consider 
the Apache::* modules for you next project (along with 
CGI::Application::Plugin::Apache and CGI::Application::Dispatch - a 
shameless plug :)

Let us know how that goes. I'm sure more people could use encouragement 
as others enter the mod_perl world.

Good Luck!
--
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP


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