From: Charles Comstock <cc1@...>
Date: 2004-04-21T17:44:06+09:00
Subject: Re: The quest for opensource database...

> It does... I have found that approach to be rather performance-
> inhibited as you seem to be finding as well.  What I did is make the
> CGI very thin, and do all the work in a persistent backend.  The
> benefits are manifold:
> 
>     *  There are no longer sessions on the backend, so you don't have
>        to worry about transaction-oriented programming and kludgery so
>        much.
> 
>     *  Data is retained as necessary, so access is fast.
> 
>     *  You haven't tied yourself to the web as a frontend, and can
>        write yourself "real" application frontends.
> 
>     *  You don't have to touch CGI or HTML much if you do it right,
>        which means focusing on core functionality.
> 
> Anyhow, this may or may not be an option for you, but it definitely
> does help if you can do it.
> 

Ah the wonders of a DRb backend server with a cgi client and a gui client...

Now if only I could figure out how to effectively use DRb with ssl other 
then through ssh or stunnel and it would be wonderful for everyone.

Charlie