Aaron Dalton wrote:
>  I'm using mod_perl and CGI::Application::Dispatch to create a RESTful
>  web application.  In the one resource, GETs should be sent to the
>  default handler, and all other requests to the dispatcher.  I have tried
>  using <Limit> and <LimitExcept>, but they do not appear to be working.
>  The handlers get processed regardless.  Here is the current config:
>  
>      <Location /fs>
>          <LimitExcept GET>
>              Allow from All
>              SetHandler perl-script
>              PerlHandler BackCAD::Dispatch
>          </LimitExcept>
>          <Limit GET>
>              Allow from All
>              SetHandler default-handler
>          </Limit>
>      </Location>
>  
>  Is there some way to make this work?  Do I need to write some sort of
>  pre-dispatcher that checks the request method and returns DECLINED if
>  it's GET?  But if it's *not* GET, how do I then pass control on to the
>  other dispatcher?
>  
Just by curiosity, what happened to the suggestions I gave you on the 
Apache httpd list (apart from the first one, which was to cross-post here) ?

Also, the reason why the above does not work is probably that the 
<Limit...>  sections are not really full containers.  So your SetHandlers 
above probably overwrite one another regardless, and only the last one 
counts.

Another quick/cheap hack maybe :

 >      <Location /fs>
 >              Allow from All
 >              SetHandler perl-script
 >              PerlHandler BackCAD::Dispatch
 >      </Location>

then modify the code of BackCAD::Dispatch to return DECLINED if it's a GET.
Honestly, I've never tried that, and I don't know if then Apache would 
process it with its default handler.  But it's worth a try maybe.