#------------------------------------------------------- # # $Id: README,v 1.9 1997/06/30 20:12:22 mergl Exp $ # #------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: ------------ This is version 0.71 of Apache::AuthenDBI.pm and Apache::DBI.pm. These two modules are supposed to be used with the Apache daemon together with an embedded perl interpreter like mod_perl. AuthenDBI.pm provides authentication via Perl's DBI and DBI.pm provides a persistent database connection. With the first database access the connection to the database is established. It remains open for the lifetime of the httpd and supersedes the time consuming connect and disconnect with standard CGI for every database access. For further information and limitations read the module documentation. COPYRIGHT: ---------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or b) the "Artistic License", as specified in the Perl README file. INSTALLATION: ------------- 1. perl Makefile.PL 2. make 4. make install IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS: --------------------- Please send comments and bug-reports to Before sending a bug report it might be useful to look at the debug output. For this set the following variables in your script: $Apache::DBI::DEBUG = 1 $Apache::AuthenDBI::DEBUG 1 and watch the error logfile. If this doesn't help, please mail me the debug output and include the output of perl -v, and the output of perl -V, and the version of DBI, and the used database in your bug-report. FURTHER INFORMATION: -------------------- Apache by Apache Group http://www.apache.org/ mod_perl by Doug MacEachern http://www.osf.org/~dougm/apache/ DBI by Tim Bunce http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Mergl July 01, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------