NAME

       Apache::Session::Store::Sybase - Store persistent data in a Sybase database

SYNOPSIS

        use Apache::Session::Store::Sybase;

        my $store = new Apache::Session::Store::MySQL;

        $store->insert( $ref );
        $store->update( $ref );
        $store->materialize( $ref );
        $store->remove( $ref );

DESCRIPTION

       Apache::Session::Store::Sybase fulfills the storage interface of Apache::Session.  Session
       data is stored in a Sybase database.

SCHEMA

       To use this module, you will need at least these columns in a table called 'sessions':

        id        CHAR(32)     # or however long your session IDs are.
        a_session IMAGE

       To create this schema, you can execute this command using the isql or sqsh programs:

        CREATE TABLE sessions (
           id         CHAR(32) not null primary key,
           a_session  TEXT
        )
        go

       If you use some other command, ensure that there is a unique index on the id column of the
       table

CONFIGURATION

       The module must know what datasource, username, and password to use when connecting to the
       database.  These values can be set using the options hash (see Apache::Session
       documentation).  The options are:

       DataSource
       UserName
       Password

       Example:

        tie %hash, 'Apache::Session::Sybase', $id, {
            DataSource => 'dbi:Sybase:database=db;server=server',
            UserName   => 'database_user',
            Password   => 'K00l',
            Commit     => 1,
        };

       Instead, you may pass in an already-opened DBI handle to your database.

        tie %hash, 'Apache::Session::Sybase', $id, {
            Handle => $dbh
        };

       Additional arguments you can pass to the backing store are:

       Commit - whether we should commit any changes; if you pass in an already-open database
       handle that has AutoCommit set to a true value, you do not need to set this. If you let
       Apache::Session::Store::Sybase create your database, handle, you must set this to a true
       value, otherwise, your changes will not be saved
       textsize - the value we should pass to the 'set textsize ' command that sets the max size
       of the IMAGE field. Default is 32K (at least in Sybase ASE 11.9.2).

AUTHOR

       This module was based on Apache::Session::Store::Oracle which was written by Jeffrey
       William Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>; it was modified by Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com> to
       work with Apache::Session 1.5+ with changes from earlier version of
       Apache::Session::DBI::Sybase from Mark Landry <mdlandry@lincoln.midcoast.com>.

SEE ALSO

       Apache::Session