[Mapserver-users] Storing database connections in a CGI session

[Jan Hartmann]

Norman Vine wrote:
> Jan Hartmann writes:
> 
>>For MapServer CGI this is much harder (where would the CONNECTION point 
>>to in a system-independent way?). Frank's FastCGI approach looks 
>>promising, but also reasonably difficult to implement. Does anyone have 
>>any comments on the feasibility/possibility of expanding the CONNECTION 
>>keyword for the script versions only?
> 
> 
> For Python at least SCGI < A Simple Common Gateway Interface alternative >
> http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/scgi/
> 
> works for me in my Quixote based apps
> http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/quixote/
> 

Norman, how would you code the CONNECTION string so that it can access a 
SCGI server that keeps open a persistent database connection?

Jan