I've got a number of reports that are all nearly identical, except for the SQL they run, how they inflate the results, and which template basename they use. Right now, it's running under CGI, but I need to port it to mod_perl handlers.

The question I have is this how do I set up my stuff?

In my httpd.conf, I have the following: 

PerlOptions -SetupEnv

PerlWarn On
PerlTaintCheck On
PerlRequire /path/to/startup.pl

<Location /reports>
    SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /where/oracle/lives
    SetEnv ORA_NLS33 /where/oracle/lives/ocommon/nls/admin/data

    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlResponseHandler My::Report::Handler
</Location>

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Do I have one handler that dispatches the report based on some HTTP param? Or, should I have an entry in httpd.conf for each report, along the lines of: 

PerlOptions -SetupEnv

PerlWarn On
PerlTaintCheck On
PerlRequire /path/to/startup.pl

<Location /reports/report1>
    SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /where/oracle/lives
    SetEnv ORA_NLS33 /where/oracle/lives/ocommon/nls/admin/data

    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlResponseHandler My::Report::Handler1
</Location>
<Location /reports/report2>
    SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /where/oracle/lives
    SetEnv ORA_NLS33 /where/oracle/lives/ocommon/nls/admin/data

    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlResponseHandler My::Report::Handler2
</Location>

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What are peoples' experiences with this?

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In reply to Setting up mod_perl handlers by dragonchild

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