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List:       apache-modperl
Subject:    Re: sessions
From:       Perrin Harkins <perrin () citysearch ! com>
Date:       1999-02-26 19:13:26
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"Matthew Sergeant (EML)" wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Gwyn [SMTP:gwynp@artware.qc.ca]
> >
> >
> > On 25-Feb-99 Matthew Sergeant \(EML\) wrote:
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From:        Jeffrey Baker [SMTP:jwb@cp.net]
> > >>   Apache::Session's
> > >> sessions allow you to store arbitrarily complex objects.  IIS sets
> > >> up the session and automatically tracks it for you.  With
> > >> Apache::Session, you setup and track the session yourself.
> > >>
> > >       Is this an argument for Apache::Session or IIS? I see it as a
> > > benefit of IIS but perhaps there's counter arguments?
> >
> > I see it as a argument for Apache::Session.  It means you are able to
> > pull the session ID from a cookie, from the CGI string, from where
> > ever.
> >
>         [snipped example]
> 
>         I'm sure it would be possible to do this with IIS as well if you
> allowed the session code to be extended - the argument wasn't for how
> sessions are stored/transmitted, but whether you have to set them up
> yourself. IIS does it for you - which is a bit nicer/easier. Of course
> Apache::ASP also sets it up for you - so it is possible.
> 
>         Matt.

I'm working on an Apache module to handle keeping the sesion ID
persistent for you (the other side of Apache::Session).  I can make it
public when it's finished, if people are interested.  Right now, it's
done as a TransHandler which finds the ID by looking for a cookie or a
CGI parameter, and an OutputChain module to post-process your HTML and
re-write the URLs.

By the way, it would be nice to assemble a few informal benchmarks for
things like session handling, which people could then run on their own
machines to test out various techniques/modules.  If nothing else, it
would help with tuning efforts.

- Perrin

-- 
"You bet I could!  Y'know I'm not such a bad pilot myself!" -- Luke

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