Using Apache::Session with IIS?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm writing a Perl CGI program on an IIS web server. I need session management and am evaulating the alternative Perl modules. Apache::Session documentation says that it "should" work with any CGI compliant web server.

Does anyone have any experience with Apache::Session on IIS?

Should I go for it or try CGI::Session or CGI::kSession?

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks.

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Re: Using Apache::Session with IIS? by Hero Zzyzzx (Curate) on Nov 14, 2002 at 00:57 UTC
I've been using CGI::Session by Sherzod Ruzmetov quite a bit frequently, and I'm rather happy with it. I can't see any reason you couldn't use it with any web server, including IIS. -Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.	[reply]
Re: Using Apache::Session with IIS? by JSchmitz (Canon) on Nov 13, 2002 at 20:16 UTC
I would suggest using Apache period. IIS is the worst ever! cheers, Jeffery	[reply]
Re: Using Apache::Session with IIS? by Anonymous Monk on Nov 13, 2002 at 21:17 UTC
Uh, thanks guys. Now getting back to things I can control... What Perl session management module should I use with IIS?	[reply]
Re: Re: Using Apache::Session with IIS? by impossiblerobot (Deacon) on Nov 13, 2002 at 22:00 UTC
Since Apache::Session works just fine without ANY webserver, you should have no problem with IIS. :-) I've looked at CGI::Session, and I like some of the additional features, but Apache::Session works for me, so I've continued to use it for all my projects requiring session management. Impossible Robot	[reply]
Re: Using Apache::Session with IIS? by alien_life_form (Pilgrim) on Nov 14, 2002 at 14:27 UTC
Greetings, I cannot avoid pointing out that my personal experience with Apache::Session on Apache, mod_perl and Win32 was not one of the best, at least as far as file locking was concerned. Basically, I could never get locking to to work, except in the very narrow sense of deadlocking the whole shebang. At the time (it was more than a year ago) I blamed it on the interaction between Apache 1.3 hack-threaded architecture and the serverwide interpreter lock imposed by mp1 (not that I investigated it really deeply). I also think I remember seeing posts - on the modperl list - mentioning similar problems. All this may or may not be an issue with IIS - I just thought you should be aware of this. Cheers, alf You can't have everything: where would you put it?	[reply]
Re: Using Apache::Session with IIS? by Wonko the sane (Curate) on Nov 13, 2002 at 20:21 UTC
Here Here! Long Live Apache! :-D I of course realize that this is not very helpful.	[reply]