On May 7, 2:30 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 06 May 2007 21:30:16 -0700, Adrian Smith wrote:
> It is NOT the same error. There are NO syntax errors in the script, there > is a runtime error. The so-called administrator is wrong: you can't use > Perl to test just any old CGI scripts. They have to be written in Perl. Well, I thought that, but you know what happens to newbies who come out with such opinions forcefully. Maybe they have special magic perl which parses python. > I see from the source code on your page that you have a line: > > <TEXTAREA NAME="essay" COLS=60 ROWS=20 WRAP=HARD></TEXTAREA> > > You have two lines in your cgi script: > > form = cgi.FieldStorage() > print form["essay"].value > > Having never done cgi programming, I'm not sure what the problem is, but > after reading help(cgi) I'll take a stab in the dark and say try this: > > print form.value > > It might also help for you to try this: > > print form.keys() Both give me the same ISE, alas. > Good luck with the "admins" at your hosting company. Well, it *is* free, and there aren't that many free ones that offer Python. My paid-for host has sent me a message to say they're ruminating on my issues, though, so I live in hope. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
