[MacPerl] CGI - Multiple client access to database

[Fred Giorgi <fgiorg@atl.com>]

I'm just getting started on this mac perl cgi so bear with me.
Originally based on the example found at the end of CGI.pm.
I have macHTTP loaded locally and have built the cgi skeleton of what I
want to do.
But I need to resolve the case of database edit
requested for a record that is already open.
The CGI knows who has which record open and will refuse
to open an already open record.
It will respond with a dynamically generated error page
that contains information on the user currently
using the database record in question.
Everything I've done so far assumed the cgi response goes
back to the requester.
Q1:
Is it possible to alert the user that currently has the record open?
Q2:
Does it matter if the conflicting request is due to use of multiple browser
windows from one user, rather than from multiple users at different IP
addresses?

I would like to learn this aspect of client-server interaction. Any books
or examples.



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