RE: [mapserver-users] mapserver and mod_perl hybrid

["Doyon, Jean-Francois" <Jean-Francois.Doyon@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca>]

Well, I vaguely recall there was a problem with the fact that the mapscript
map object is not re-entrant, which causes problems with scripts "cached"
with mod_perl ... There should be a discussion a discussion about this in
the mailing list archives ...

J.F.

-----Original Message-----
From: Markus Spring [mailto:m.spring@gmx.de]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:03 AM
To: mapserver-users@lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [mapserver-users] mapserver and mod_perl hybrid


Hi list,

I am using mod_perl and mapserver in a hybrid environment: pre- and
postprocessing form data and html as well as coupling mysql data with
mapserver queries.

Having not dared to switch to mapscript for the generation of the
maps, I do this in a hybrid way by running the mapserver executable
from inside the mod_perl apache server.

This is a very stable solution which gives me complete freedom over my
html and sql database but maybe it is not the most performant way to
achieve my goals.

I would like to know if anybody does use mod_perl and mapscript to for
mapserver purposes and if there are any pitfalls to avoid.

Markus