On Apr 29, 1:42 am, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 15:22 +0000, omat * gezgin.com wrote: > > Because request.META['PATH_INFO'] is only available when running the > > test server. > > > This is also a point of inconvenience and I think the test server > > should be made more compatible with apache. > > Apache is not the only web server in the world, so it is a good thing > that we don't behave like an Apache clone. It forces you not to rely on > peculiarities of one particular implementation. Also, remember that you > are interacting withmod_python, rather than Apache itself, so there is > a layer between you and the webserver proper that you will also have to > look at the documentation for. > > On the Django side, have a look in django/core/handlers/ at modpython.py > and wsgi.py and you'll see how we populate the META variable in both > cases. As you can see there, a lot of the information, including the two > variables you are interested in, we simply copy directly from the > information provided by the server -- be it a WSGI-compatible > implementation or modpython. > > After familiarising yourself with that code, you can then look further > into why you are not receiving the information you are after from the > web server in whichever setup you prefer.
Because of the way mod_python hooks into Apache and the way people then use that, you cannot rely on the value of SCRIPT_NAME and PATH_INFO being correct. Even third party WSGI adapters which work on top of mod_python don't necessarily set them correctly without some hack involving the user manually specifying what the original application mount point was. This situation could be improved if direct adapters or WSGI adapters for mod_python made use of some new APIs within the mod_python 3.3 core to properly determine the mount point, but this will not help if you are using older versions of mod_python. If you wish to play with some pre-release code, the only WSGI system for Apache (in the style of mod_python), that sets SCRIPT_NAME and PATH_INFO correctly is mod_wsgi (http://www.modwsgi.org). Graham --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
