| Sean Davis 2008-01-23, 7:57 am |
| On Jan 22, 2008 11:11 PM, Chris W <3edcft6@cox.net> wrote:
> I have inherited a site written in perl. Recently an intermittent
> problem has come up and when users log into the site, they end up seeing
> other users data. I personally can not reproduce the problem but it has
> happened enough that I am sure it is more than just a fluke. Does
> anyone know of any recent changes in perl that could cause this kind of
> problem? The site is pretty old, I would guess at least 5 years or more
> since it was written. However the problem has only happened in the last
> few months. I have no control over the server and am told that updates
> are applied automatically.
>
I don't think a change in perl would cause the above behavior. More likely,
the software has a bug or the data in the database is incorrect. However,
without knowing more about the application and its design, it is impossible
to tell what the problem might be.
Sean
>
> BTW I haven't used perl in years so unless someone here has a pretty
> good idea what to look for, I will most likely be redoing it in php
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