Re: [Tclhttpd-users] Sanity check..

[Colin M. <co...@ch...>]

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 19:14, Nicolas Boretos wrote:

> As much as I 
> understand, "tclhttpd" is my "single user", and that
> read/writes are sequential/serialized, the equivalent of opening a 
> console and playing with the mk db...

That's a good way to look at it.

> We are running single threaded tclkit, with the stripped down 
> tclhttpdmin.kit for the web-server, on a debian3 box

Debian and tclhttpd?  You are clearly a man of discretion and good
taste. :)

> A few key points about the app.
> 1. A .tclaccess file permits access to the db

Wrong place.  Should be a .tml file (just dir/.tml is sourced in.)

> 2. From then on,  ncgi package is used for user_id and all form variables
> 3. The whole app uses self-posting .tml pages, with Doc_Redirects to the 
> next page...

I like this approach, I like .tml pages.

Handling state through Redirects is a pain though.  Perhaps we should
come up with a nicer abstraction to cover the messy details of building
systems of DFSAs to represent interactions via templates.

One facility you should become familiar with is [Httpd_Suspend] and
[Httpd_Resume], which allows you to leave the connection open (for some
period) while processing other incoming connections.  It might be useful
in this application.

-- 
Colin McCormack <co...@ch...>