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    11 September 1999       Jeffrey Baker <jeffrey@kathyandjeffrey.net>

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DESCRIPTION
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This is Apache::Session 1.03.


These modules are used to keep persistent user data across http requests.
Apache::Session was designed for use with Apache and mod_perl, but works
just as well under CGI and any other web server.

Apache::Session is Copyright(c) 1998, 1999 Jeffrey William Baker
<jeffrey@kathyandjeffrey.net>.  Distribute under the same terms as
Perl itself.

PREREQUISITES
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Build and install Perl (pref. 5.005_03), Apache (pref. 1.3.9) and mod_perl
(pref. 1.21).  To use Apache::Session at all, you must have the MD5 and
Storable modules available on CPAN (http://www.perl.com/CPAN).

If you wish to use the DBIStore modules, you will need DBI (1.09+) and the
DBD for your database.

INSTALLATION
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tar -xvzf Apache-Session-1.03.tar.gz
cd Apache-Session-1.03
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

Substitute "nmake" for "make" above if you are using Windows.

EXAMPLE
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Install eg/example.perl under your document root and run it.

AUTHORS
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Jeffrey Baker <jeffrey@kathyandjeffrey.net> is the author of 
Apache::Session.

Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig@anima.de> contributed valuable CPAN
advice and also Apache::Session::Tree and Apache::Session::Counted.

Gerald Richter <richter@ecos.de> had the idea for a tied hash interface
and provided the initial code for it.  He also uses Apache::Session in
his Embperl module and is the author of Apache::Session::Embperl.

Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ipsoft.de> contributed patches for bugs and
improved performance.

Steve Shreeve <shreeve@uci.edu> squashed a bug in 0.99.0 whereby
a cleared hash or deleted key failed to set the modified bit.

Peter Kaas <Peter.Kaas@lunatech.com> sent quite a bit of feedback
with ideas for interface improvements.

Randy Harmon <rjharmon@uptimecomputers.com> contributed the original
storage-independent object interface with input from:

  Bavo De Ridder <bavo@ace.ulyssis.student.kuleuven.ac.be>
  Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
  Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>

FURTHER INFORMATION:
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Apache   by Apache Group    comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
                            http://www.apache.org/
                            
mod_perl by Doug MacEachern modperl@apache.org
                            http://perl.apache.org/
                            
