[mod_python] having modpython make a data base connection

Gert Cuykens gert.cuykens at gmail.com
Tue Jun 12 21:55:05 EDT 2007


On 6/13/07, David Bear <David.Bear at asu.edu> wrote:
> I don't want to start a flame ware here, but I'm starting to develop
> and application that will connect to a postgresql server.
>
> I realize there are probably a dozen things I should know about
> modpython before I begin.
>
> I will be use the standard python handler. I won't be using publisher
> or psp (at least I think).
>
> I am afraid of issues like having modpython make a db connection
> object that is not shared properly --. The more terrifying question is
> what should be be asking.
>
> I wonder if someone has develop a top ten rules of thumb when using
> modpython with sql data base connections?
>
>

I have mysql sample code in my dfo.sourceforge.net project i also have
postgresql code but you have to enable it manually by modifying the
code. I forgot why i went back to mysql but i had a good reason for
it, one was performance the other had to do with conviniance and error
handling.


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