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python cgi problem with method = post

phil interstar at postmaster.co.uk
Mon Sep 22 13:16:56 EDT 2003 
Sorry, my bad!

I've been using other forums where there's turnaround of a couple of
hours or things get lost in the depths of history. Forgot what Usenet
is like :-)

I'll go away and look at the problem some more and try to come back
with more details.

cheers

phil jones



Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message news:<3F6DC6D3.E6454738 at engcorp.com>...
> 
> The mailing list and newsgroup are working well enough, so if you
> receive no useful answers it's likely because nobody could understand 
> the question clearly enough to think how to answer.
> 
> One thing you might consider is including some actual samples of
> code, so people don't have to imagine which of the five dozen
> possible approaches you are actually using.
> 
> Also make sure you have tried other approaches to ensure that the
> problem is actually with your own code and not with some host-specific
> problem which nobody else will ever be able to reproduce locally.
> 
> > > So, I don't expect anyone to be able to answer this ... but what
> 
> Yet you were hopeful for answers? ;-)
> 
> > > *kind* of thing should I be looking for? Is it to do with versions of
> > > python (2.1.3 locally, 2.2 remotely) or "cgi"? Or the webserver (I'm
> > > using Apache on Debian locally, I suspect my host is Apache on Red Hat
> > > 7.1)
> 
> Python includes excellent facilities for debugging problems of various
> kinds, including this kind.  Why not experiment a little and see what you
> can come up with?  It's unclear from your description where your problem 
> might be so without additional information any suggestions are random 
> shots-in-the-dark, and that I suspect is why no one responded yet.
> 
> Also, I just noticed, you waited only one day before your second post.
> That's far too little time to wait, as for many people it can take 
> several days for Usenet posts to reach them and, furthermore, you posted
> at the end of the work week and many people read Usenet only at work.
> 
> Summary: experiment, post more and more detailed information, and be
> more patient.
> 
> -Peter
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