[mod_python] Exceptions in the mod_python handler?

On Jan 7, 2008 7:57 PM, Webb Sprague <webb.sprague at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The stack trace comes from PythonDebug being On, as you probably know.
> > You can turn it off and raise an error that causes apache to generate its
> > generic error page (for the HTTP code), but this is probably no more
> > informative.
> > Since you'll probably want something app-specific, you'll probably want to
> > catch the error inside python and generate your own error page.
>
> Exactly -- within module scope of the page handler, how does one catch
> an exception and print something to the user through the apache
> socket?  I don't have a "req" because I am not within a function
> (rather in module scope only), so I can't call req.write(), and
> vanilla  print doesn't print to the apache socket.
>
> So, unfortunately, my question remains.

Module scope is unrelated to a request. As I recall,
there is no official m_p way to add something around handlers,
exception handling or otherwise.

This is why I suggested a decorator. For things like mod_python,
it's an unobtrusive, non-code-redundant way to wrap handlers
in some code anyway.
(I e.g. add transparent unicode output the same way)


> > Leaving connections open between page loads is technically possible,
> > but opens a world of worry and bordercases.
> > As I recall, psycopg does connection pooling anyway, so I'd suggest
> > reading up on how to use it.
>
> I will investigate, but I don't think this is the answer, really.

Why not? What are your needs, and how does it not cover them?


--Bart