Re: [TCLUG:2778] Apache + mod_perl + MySQL examples?

[Tom Cross <tomc@kendeco.com>]

On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Forrest Cahoon wrote:

> Hello all!
> 
> I've just started playing with a '486 box, on which I'm planning to do
> something with Apache, mod_perl, and MySQL.  I've successfully
> installed the software so far (which was interesting because it
> involved creative use of NFS between it and my main machine) but
> that's about all.
> 
> This is a system I got from my employer, promising to give it to a
> non-profit.  I was originally going to set it up as a web client in
> one of the Mpls Public Library branches, but the video was not good
> enough, and I didn't want people to get a bad impression of Linux
> because of that.
> 
> Sooo ... I had to find another project.
> 
> My neighbor works for Mpls Public Library downtown and maintains a
> database of City Pages references, so -- although this project has not
> been officially approved by the library yet, and may not be -- I'm
> hoping to make his database web-accessible.
> 
> I know next to nothing about Apache, Perl, or SQL yet, but I figured
> this would be a great way to learn.  Since this seems to be a popular
> combination, I was really looking for some samples I could study.
> 
> The library is also interested in WAIS access, so that would be nice
> to provide if possible.  I really have no clue about WAIS, though
> ... any helpful info on this would also be most appreciated.

The notes from a presentation I did for a SCALUG meeting once.  We use
Apache/mod_perl/MySQL here at work.  

The example I posted on the SCALUG site, however, uses PostgreSQL, but you
only have to change one line to make it work with MySQL (the connect
line).

http://www.scalug.org/june1998.html

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