Using Apache::Session with IIS?

[Anonymous Monk]

I'm writing a Perl CGI program on an IIS web server. I need session management and am evaulating the alternative Perl modules. Apache::Session documentation says that it "should" work with any CGI compliant web server.

Does anyone have any experience with Apache::Session on IIS?

Should I go for it or try CGI::Session or CGI::kSession?

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks.

[Hero Zzyzzx]

I've been using CGI::Session by Sherzod Ruzmetov quite a bit frequently, and I'm rather happy with it. I can't see any reason you couldn't use it with any web server, including IIS.

-Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from doubletalk.

[JSchmitz]

I would suggest using Apache period. IIS is the worst ever! cheers, Jeffery

[alien_life_form]

Greetings,

I cannot avoid pointing out that my personal experience with Apache::Session on Apache, mod_perl and Win32 was not one of the best, at least as far as file locking was concerned.

Basically, I could never get locking to to work, except in the very narrow sense of deadlocking the whole shebang.
At the time (it was more than a year ago) I blamed it on the interaction between Apache 1.3 hack-threaded architecture and the serverwide interpreter lock imposed by mp1 (not that I investigated it really deeply). I also think I remember seeing posts - on the modperl list - mentioning similar problems.

All this may or may not be an issue with IIS - I just thought you should be aware of this.
Cheers,
alf

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You can't have everything: where would you put it?

[Anonymous Monk]

Uh, thanks guys. Now getting back to things I can control...

What Perl session management module should I use with IIS?

[impossiblerobot]

Since Apache::Session works just fine without ANY webserver, you should have no problem with IIS. :-)

I've looked at CGI::Session, and I like some of the additional features, but Apache::Session works for me, so I've continued to use it for all my projects requiring session management.


Impossible Robot

[Wonko the sane]

Here Here! Long Live Apache! :-D

I of course realize that this is not very helpful.