Ali wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have got a very simple python code:
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>
> #!/usr/bin/python
> import cgi
>
> def main():
> print "Content-type: text/html\n"
> form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> if form.has_key("firstname") and form["firstname"].value != "":
> print "<h1>Hello", form["firstname"].value, "</h1>"
> else:
> print "<h1>Error! Please enter first name. </h1>"
>
> main()
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>
> I try to run this form the command line (I am on linux) just to check
> it out and it gives me the following errors/output:
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>
> Content-type: text/html
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "./mycgi.py", line 2, in ?
> import cgi
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/cgi.py", line 12, in ?
> """Support module for CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts.
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/cgi.py", line 6, in main
> # scripts, and /usr/local/bin is the default directory where Python
> is
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FieldStorage'
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>
> Is it reasonable to infer from the above that cgi.py module has been
> loaded successfully? because if it is, why on earth am i getting the
> error for FieldStorage??
>
> I think i am missing something very basic here... plese enlighten...
> Thanks
>
It's actually something that's quite difficult to deduce from the traceback, for reasons that will (I hope) shortly become clear.
Here's what I saw when I ran your program:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ python test98.py Content-type: text/html
<h1>Error! Please enter first name. </h1>
However, look what happens when I rename the same file to "cgi.py" and then repeat the experiment:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ mv test98.py cgi.py
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ python cgi.py Content-type: text/html
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cgi.py", line 2, in ?
import cgi
File "/c/steve/cgi.py", line 12, in ?
main()
File "/c/steve/cgi.py", line 6, in main
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FieldStorage'Ha! There's a naming confusion between the imported cgi module and your main program. Rename it to something else and all should be well (or at least better ;-)
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