package Apache2::Controller::DBI::Connector; =head1 NAME Apache2::Controller::DBI::Connector - connects L to C<< $r->pnotes->{a2c}{dbh} >> or the key that you select. =head1 VERSION Version 1.000.100 =cut use version; our $VERSION = version->new('1.000.100'); =head1 SYNOPSIS =head2 CONFIG ALTERNATIVE 1: APACHE CONF # virtualhost.conf: PerlLoadModule Apache::DBI PerlLoadModule Apache2::Controller::Directives A2C_DBI_DSN DBI:mysql:database=foobar;host=localhost A2C_DBI_User heebee A2C_DBI_Password jeebee A2C_DBI_Options RaiseError 1 A2C_DBI_Options AutoCommit 0 # this boolean pushes a PerlLogHandler to run rollback if in_txn A2C_DBI_Cleanup 1 SetHandler modperl PerlInitHandler MyApp::Dispatch PerlHeaderParserHandler Apache2::Controller::DBI::Connector =head2 CONFIG ALTERNATIVE 2: SUBCLASS If you need to hide details from the server configuration tree, for example to hide password from access by untrusted cgi scripts, subclass this module and implement your own C<> subroutine, which returns argument list for C<connect()>>. PerlLoadModule Apache::DBI SetHandler modperl PerlInitHandler MyApp::Dispatch PerlHeaderParserHandler MyApp::DBIConnect package MyApp::DBIConnect; use base qw( Apache2::Controller::DBI::Connector ); sub dbi_connect_args { my ($self) = @_; return ( 'DBI:mysql:database=foobar;host=localhost', 'heebee', 'jeebee', { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 0 } ); } sub dbi_cleanup { 1 } 1; You also have to use overloaded subs in a subclass if you want to set up multiple DBH handles by specifying the name for the key in pnotes using C<< A2C_DBI_PNOTES_NAME >> or C<< dbi_pnotes_name() >>. =head1 DESCRIPTION Connects a package-space L handle to C<< $r->pnotes->{a2c}{dbh} >>. You only need this where you need a database handle for every request, for example to connect to a session database regardless of whether the user does anything. You can load it only for certain locations, so the handle will get connected only there. Otherwise you probably just want to use L and connect your database handles on an ad-hoc basis from your controllers. If directive C<< A2C_DBI_Cleanup >> is set, a C<< PerlLogHandler >> gets pushed which will roll back any open transactions. So if your controller does some inserts and then screws up, you don't have to worry about trapping these in eval if you want the DBI errors to bubble up. They will be automatically rolled back since C<< commit() >> was never called. (This used to be a PerlCleanupHandler, but it appears that Apache hands this off to a thread even if running under prefork, and cleanup doesn't always get processed before the child handles the next request. At least, this is true under L. Wacky. So, it's a PerlLogHandler to make sure the commit or rollback gets done before the connection dies.) If you subclass, you can set up multiple dbh handles with different params: SetHandler modperl PerlInitHandler MyApp::Dispatch PerlHeaderParserHandler MyApp::DBI::Writer MyApp::DBI::Read If you use a tiered database structure with one master record and many replicated nodes, you can do it this way. Then you overload C<< dbi_pnotes_name >> to provide the pnotes key, say "dbh_write" and "dbh_read". In the controller get them with C<< $self->pnotes->{a2c}{dbh_write} >> and C<< $self->pnotes->{a2c}{dbh_read} >>, etc. If you subclass DBI, specify your DBI subclass name with the directive C<< A2C_DBI_Class >>. Note that this has to be connected using a string C<< eval() >> instead of the block C<< eval() >> used for normal L if you do not specify this directive. =head1 Accessing $dbh from controller In your L module for the URI, access the database handle with C<< $self->pnotes->{a2c}{dbh} >>, or instead of "dbh", whatever you set in directive C<< A2C_DBI_PNOTES_NAME >> or return from your overloaded C<< dbi_pnotes_name() >> method. =head1 WARNING - DATABASE MEMORY USAGE Because a reference persists in package space, the database handle will remain connected after a request ends. Usually Apache will rotate requests through child processes. This means that on a lightly-loaded server with a lot of spare child processes, you will quickly get a large number of idle database connections, one per child. To solve this you need to set your database handle idle timeout to some small number of seconds, say 5 or 10. Then you load L in your Apache config file so they automatically get reconnected if needed. Then when you get a load increase, handles are connected that persist across requests long enough to handle the next request, but during idle times, your database server conserves resources. There are various formulas for determining how much memory is needed for the maximum number of connections your database server provides. MySQL has a formula in their docs somewhere to calculate memory needed for InnoDB handles. It is weird. When using persistent database connections, it's a good idea to limit the max number of Apache children to the max number of database connections that your server can provide. Find a formula from your vendor's documentation, if one exists, or wing it. =cut use strict; use warnings FATAL => 'all'; use English '-no_match_vars'; use base qw( Apache2::Controller::NonResponseBase Apache2::Controller::Methods ); use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy); use YAML::Syck; use Apache2::Const -compile => qw( OK SERVER_ERROR ); use Apache2::Controller::X; #use Apache2::Controller::DBI; use DBI; =head1 METHODS =head2 process Gets DBI connect arguments by calling C<< $self->dbi_connect_args() >>, then connects C<< $dbh >> and stashes it in C<< $r->pnotes->{a2c}{dbh} >> or the name you select. The $dbh has a reference in package space, so controllers using it should always call commit or rollback. It's good practice to use C<< eval >> anyway and throw an L or your subclass of it (using C<< a2cx() >>, so you can see the function path trace in the logs when the error occurs. The package-space $dbh for the child persists across requests, so it is never destroyed. However, it is assigned with C<< DBI->connect() >> on every request, so that L will cache the database handle and actually connect it only if it cannot be pinged. =cut # the dbh is always connected, but there is only one instance of it. my $dbh; sub process { my ($self) = @_; my $r = $self->{r}; # connect the database: my @args = $self->dbi_connect_args; my $pnotes_name = $self->dbi_pnotes_name; a2cx "Already a dbh in pnotes->{$pnotes_name}" if exists $r->pnotes->{a2c}{$pnotes_name}; my $dbi_subclass = $self->get_directive('A2C_DBI_Class'); if ($dbi_subclass) { eval '$r->pnotes->{a2c}{'.$pnotes_name.'} = '.$dbi_subclass.'->connect(@args)'; } else { eval { $r->pnotes->{a2c}{$pnotes_name} = DBI->connect(@args) }; } a2cx $EVAL_ERROR if $EVAL_ERROR; # push the log rollback handler if requested if (0 && $self->dbi_cleanup) { # using a closure on '$pnotes_name' ... is this kosher? $r->push_handlers(PerlLogHandler => sub { my ($r) = @_; my $dbh = $r->pnotes->{a2c}{$pnotes_name} || return Apache2::Const::OK; if ($dbh->FETCH('BegunWork')) { DEBUG("Cleanup handler: in txn. Rolling back..."); eval { $dbh->rollback() }; if ($EVAL_ERROR) { my $error = "cleanup handler cannot roll back: $EVAL_ERROR"; ERROR($error); $r->status_line(__PACKAGE__." $error"); return Apache2::Const::SERVER_ERROR; } else { DEBUG("Cleanup handler rollback successful."); } } else { DEBUG("Cleanup handler not in txn."); } return Apache2::Const::OK; }); } return; } =head2 dbi_connect_args Default interprets directives. L. You can override this in a subclass to provide your own connect args. =cut sub dbi_connect_args { my ($self) = @_; my $directives = $self->get_directives; my @names = qw( DSN User Password Options ); my %opts = map {($_ => $directives->{"A2C_DBI_$_"})} @names; return @opts{@names}; } =head2 dbi_cleanup Default interprets directive. L. You can override this in a subclass. =cut sub dbi_cleanup { return shift->get_directive('A2C_DBI_Cleanup') } =head2 dbi_pnotes_name Maybe it would be useful to you to overload this. But you'd probably better use the directive L in case other modules (like session) depend on it. =cut sub dbi_pnotes_name { my ($self) = @_; return $self->get_directive('A2C_DBI_Pnotes_Name') || 'dbh'; } =head1 SEE ALSO L L L L L =head1 AUTHOR Mark Hedges, C =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2008 Mark Hedges. CPAN: markle This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This software is provided as-is, with no warranty and no guarantee of fitness for any particular purpose. =cut 1;