Be sure and get a copy of the mod_perl bible, Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C. On page 45, the gurus talk about Apache::PerlRun very briefly:

Apache::PerlRun avoids the overhead of launching the Perl interpreter for each request but still suffers the compile-time hit from loading each script.

Registry and PerlRun are primarly used for lengthy CGI scripts that already work, and you don't have the time to do it 'the right way', where the right way, IMHO, is to write a handler instead.

So tips since you are stuck in the short term:

• don't use global variables, especially if you have two or more scripts that use variables with the same names
• use strict!! (i see you got that covered - awesome)
• clean up after yourself, close filehandles and database connections
• buy that book!
• feel free to post code examples here when the time comes

and good luck! :)

jeffa

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