Re: Simple mod_ruby counter using global variable

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On Friday 02 July 2004 13:29, Randy Lawrence wrote:
> I'm guessing this is because each Apache process has its own Ruby
> interpreter instance:
>
> The following code inside a mod_ruby script does not always increment
> $total displayed in the browser (it actually increments $total
> internally, but each time the page is refreshed, the next Apache process
> is used in seemingly round-robin fashion):
>
> -----
> if defined?($total)
>      $total = $total + 1
> else
>      $total = 0
> end
> puts "total = #{$total}"

You could run your application as a stand-alone server and have your CGI call 
it, but that would be a little more involved than simply tracking the total 
through a file or database.

	Sean O'Dell