Re: PerlSetVar

[Jonathan Vanasco <suppressed>]

>     Well, now I'll try to explain why I have asked such question. I  
> have
> startup.pl with connect_on_init dunction.
> Also, I want to use Apache::AuthDBI. And I want options for
> Apache::DBI->connect(...) to be stored into httpd.conf
> or another but the only place.
>     I think that I could declare vars into httpd.conf and then use  
> it in
> startup.pl and Apache::AuthDBI.
>     Storing connection options such as login and password into
> environment vars - not very good idea, I thik :)

Personally, I use ENV to set 'production#', 'dev#' id for the machines

the SQL passwords are hardcoded into the app, along with other  
traditionally environment variables , in a perl config and are  
accessed via something like this:

	$server{ $EVN{server_id} }{ $varname }

while there are some disadvantages to this...

i have 1 line in my httpd.conf that includes a httpd.conf for my  
modperl app, which I keep in svn along with the app
i only set 1 var in httpd.conf, and  don't use that powerful (yet  
bastardized integration of 2 things) mod_perl interface to httpd.conf  
- its all in the app

and everything is in svn.  in a single directory.  clustering is as  
easy as 'svn co' ,  oooh!