[cgiapp] multi-threading

[NP Bamber]

I would have thought it would be more scaleable to set up a server 
process (perhaps POE) with a SOAP or HTTP interface to do the threading.
Another possibility might be AJAX.
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> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:22:59 +0000
> From: Mike Tonks <fluffymike at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [cgiapp] Threading Question
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> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm just considering a problem that I think requires a bit of multi-threading.
>
> It's a new one for me so wondered if anyone has advice or experience
> of using threading with CGI::Application.
>
> Scenario is: We have 5 database servers at different sites.  We would
> like to create a search function that queries all of the databases.
> The web server is on an intranet and can open connections to all of
> the database servers.
>
> So - I imagine it would be sensible to fire 5 queries on 5 threads,
> and wait for them all to return?  Then combine the results in some
> way.  The results sets will be fairly small, say no more than 50
> records.
>
> Seems likely to be quicker than to fire one, wait for it, fire
> another, and so on.
>
> Also I guess there could be server issues with the use of multiple threads?
>
> cheers,
>
> mike
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