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I have a timing/configuration issue, and any pointers would be
welcome.<br>
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The problem: how to handle configuration/system errors by fallback
to an error page.<br>
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* I am using Catalyst authentication, but sometimes the database
used for session storage cannot be connected. Under these
circumstances, I want an error page which can be used to display an
error suitable for a system administrator<br>
* The application starts fine, because it does not attempt to
connect initially<br>
* When a request starts, the session system fails during the prepare
stage - calling stuff in Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::Delegate,
and usually get_session_data<br>
* The application never gets to finalize, so nothing is ever sent to
the engine - this is the logic in handle_request<br>
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Where and how is it best to handle this? <br>
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I could do some of this before the first request, and I considered
hacking which controllers were active since I can do that during the
setup stage, but this is probably too late, since by then all the
plugins are set up, and this is where the session management is set.
<br>
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Alternatively, I could do some work during the request cycle, but it
is not obvious where in the cycle you got to, which makes it hard to
decide whether you can generate an error. <br>
<br>
I could just be missing some documentation: maybe this is covered
but I haven't been able to find it. <br>
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--S<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stuart Watt<br>
ARM Product Developer<br>
Information Balance</span></div>
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