On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Paul Goins <gene...@vultaire.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the code example.
>
> I can't offer to take this work over, but maybe I can make a comment.
> There's one part that stands out to me.
>
> > try:
> > deferred = self.dbpool.runOperation(sql)
> > #print("DATA sent")
> > except Exception as e:
> > print("error in insertDATA")
> > print(e)
> > return
> > return deferred
>
> It seems like maybe you have a misunderstanding about how Deferreds
> generally work in Twisted. (Been there myself.) Basically, the above
> try/except block won't work to catch errors from most Deferreds... well,
> at least not without some extra magic.
>
That is correct. I have only basic understanding of Deferreds and none about
the Errbacks. I realized from various errors that this exception was raised
when errors appeared in other parts of the code.
>
> You really should read the Deferred section of the Twisted documentation
> to understand how errors are handled.
>
> Docs are here:
> http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/defer.html
>
> ----
>
> Basically, to "fix" the above code's error catching, you have two choices:
>
> 1. You can add an errback to the deferred. This is the "standard"
> Twisted way, and would replace the try/except block entirely.
>
> 2. You can use the @inlineCallbacks decorator (from
> twisted.internet.defer), and yield on the Deferred. This is easier, and
> it allows try/except blocks, but there's some gotchas.
>
> inlineCallbacks is what I used when I was learning Twisted, and you may
> want to try that for now. But please understand that it hides details
> about how Deferreds and callbacks really work. When you find time, read
> the Deferred docs.
>
> ----
>
> Best of luck,
>
> - Paul Goins
>
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