[mod_python] Newbie Question

Are you looking for sessions (
http://modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/pyapi-sess.html )?  That's
really the only way to persist your object across redirects...

Colin

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:08 PM, mail-lists <mail-lists at peachnet.com> wrote:
> Sean Allen wrote:
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> > On Apr 10, 2008, at 10:40 AM, mail-lists wrote:
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> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a quick question and it might be very silly:
> > >
> > > How do I pass variables between pages short of building a query string
> into the URL? Is there a way to set variables in the request object?
> > >
> > > What I'm trying to do is the following:
> > >
> > > user fills out a form
> > > form calls saveform function
> > >
> >
> > when? via an onSubmit handler?
> >
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>  no, no JavaScript at all, sorry. I guess I wasn't  very clear. Form
> action=saveform which is a python function ( def saveform(req) )
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> > > input is validated
> > >
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> > where is the input validated? in 'saveform' that is a javascript function?
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>  input is validated in saveform.
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> > > if not valid input return to the form with user values filled out.
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> > >
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> > what exactly is 'return' here?
> > from a server side script? from a javascript validation routine?
> >
> >
>  return is a util.redirect back to the form.
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>  My question is how do I pass request variables BACK to the form short of
> using a query string.
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>  ie. is it possible to do something like the following:
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>  req_data=util.FieldStorage(req)
>  req_data["form_item"]="ThisisastringIwanttopopulatetheformwith"
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>  I've tried this obviously but it doesn't work. I'm not sure if something
> like this SHOULD work because I don't quite understand whether or not the
> request object persists across the redirect.
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>  I hope I'm asking this in the right way :)
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>  Thank you
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