Re: Language choice for high-volume Oracle CGI interface?

From: Tom Mornini <tmornini_at_netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 05:39:02 GMT
Message-ID: <tmorniniFDM2D2.50E@netcom.com>

Abigail (abigail_at_delanet.com) wrote:

: [] Don't use CGI for high-volume transactions. It spawns a process with a new
: [] database session for every hit.

: You must be years behind in your literature. Apache with mod_perl won't
: spawn processes.

And while it is a wonderful environment, and supports most CGI scripts written in Perl, stictly speaking it's not CGI but CGI emulation.

I definitely think that you should take a look at mod_perl. With DBD::Oracle modules available, mod_perl and Oracle can scale to enormously.

Received on Sun Jun 20 1999 - 00:39:02 CDT