I'm writing a CGI application that uses an Access database through DBI:ODBC, and running on Windows 2000 Advanced Server with IIS 5.

Here's the problem, the program executes fine and finishes, but the HTTP request never seems to time out. Internet Explorer never "gives up" on retrieving the page. On the server, the perl process is still running, and the instant I terminate it, the browser stops seeking and stops. The problem is, I have inserted both exit and die commands into my script(when using exit, there is no error text, when using die, the browser prints what line the script died at after it's previous output), and they still do not terminate the perl process.

When I take all the database-related commands(remove the connect string and every command referencing the $dbh or $sth handles after that), the program executes perfectly.

The changes I make to the database are going through and committing(I've tried this with and without AutoCommit on), the process just isn't terminating when it should. Can anyone offer any help?

In reply to CGI just won't die... by Theseus

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