Re: OT: Apache::Session::DBI vs postgresql? --help

On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 12:41:57AM -0400, Alex Pilosov wrote:
> Actually, I just tried your original example, and it worked for me:
>         use Apache::Session::Postgres;
>
>         #if you want Apache::Session to open new DB handles:
>
>         tie %hash, 'Apache::Session::Postgres', $id, {
>                 DataSource => 'dbi:Pg:dbname=sessions',
>                 UserName   => $db_user,
>                 Password   => $db_pass,
>                 Commit     => 1
>         };
> (all works fine)
>
> I think your problem is using wrong versions of Apache::Session. Make sure
> you upgrade to latest (1.53). You should _not_ even have had
> Session::DBIStore, its gone a long time ago.

ah. that made a big difference! thanks.

the manpages for Apache::Session::DBI still say that it
uses Apache::Session::DBIStore for its grunt work. whereas
normal db lookup scripts can
    use DBI
which then hooks into the needed DBD::<whatever> according to
the datasource pattern; i guess Apache::Session::DBI doesn't do
that... which is why we have to specify
    use Apache::Session::Postgres
*and*
    ...DataSource=>'dbi:Pg:dbname=something'...
which seems a bit unmodular, to coin a phrase.

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