Re: Long running DBI queries == no GUI interaction

["A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis gmx de>]

* Grant McLean <grant mclean net nz> [2004-11-23 22:19]:
> Is this a solved problem?

Not in the way of a ready-to-use module or some such.

> I can envisage a fairly simple workaround that involves forking
> a child to run the query and passing the results back over a
> pipe or socket using IO events, but obviously would prefer not
> to write the code if there's an existing solution.

That's the standard way to do it. This being Perl, the simplest
way would be to just use Storable to pass a fullblown data
structure across the divide. Combining that with IPC::Open2 or
::Open3 comes pretty close to a making your idea a solved
problem, in fact.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle
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