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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:51:38 +0530
From: "Dumindu Pallewela" <pallewela@gmail.com>
To: modules-dev@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: Sharing an object between successive requests.
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On 6/5/07, Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@sun.com> wrote:
> >
> > So my question is how can I share an object between successive
> > requests?
>
> Well, that is persistent storage.  Common tools for this include the
> filesystem, mmap'ed storage, and databases.  Remember that apache
> could suddenly go away between any two requests.  -Tim

Thanks Tim. It would be great if you can provide me with pointers to
some examples to such usages in apache modules.

Additionally, I want to give the user the choice whether to use a
persistent storage or not. That's why I was looking for a shared
memory alternative too.

Dumindu.