[Catalyst] using a persistent hash in a model

[John Napiorkowski]

--- Matt S Trout <dbix-class at trout.me.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 04:52:19PM +0200, Daniel
> McBrearty wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I want to use a persistent hash in a model, using
> (I guess) Storable.
> > The hash would get inititalised in new, and
> modified in the model. I
> > would use lock_store to save any changes as data
> is modified in the
> > model class.
> > 
> > This would be OK in the test app, but as the app
> will get used under
> > fast_cgi, is this safe? Given that there can be a
> number of cat
> > instances running, presumably there will be as
> many model classes, and
> > therefore they will not be in sync as data is
> updated?
> > 
> > Is there any easy way to keep some ad-hoc
> persistent data out of the 
> > database?
> 
> For a single machine deployment I'd try DBM::Deep

++vote for DBM::Deep.  I'm using it very successfully
for adhoc stuff that I need persistence for but don't
need to keep or is not important enough for a table. 
It can even do an okay job of serializing your simple
objects. but buyer beware with that behavior.


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