I tried the following command in both my app (where URL) and the
welcome app (where URL does not fail):
{{=gluon.html._gURL(request).__name__}}
and the result for both apps was:
_URL
Does that provide any clues?
On Sep 18, 5:03 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Massimo, any ideas?
>
> On Sep 18, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Avik Basu wrote:
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> > I put this:
> > {{=URL.__name__}}
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> > in the view of my index page and it showed
> > URL
>
> > (not _URL as you said)
>
> > Also, I don't know if its helpful to mention that the latest format
> > for the URL function is not working anywhere in my app, not just in
> > appadmin. So, if I put:
>
> > {{=URL('index')}}
>
> > in my index page, I get the same syntax error that I had in appadmin.
>
> That's good to know.
>
> You could try this (you'll need to import gluon.html):
>
> {{=gluon.html._gURL(request).__name__}}
>
> That's what the global URL should be.
>
> I think you were saying that this works OK in the other apps, right? You
> could stick similar logic into welcome, for comparison purposes, good vs bad.
> You might have to delete the welcome/compiled directory.
>
> By way of background, the URL logic was updated not all that long ago. Have a
> look at html._gURL, and then compileapp.build_environment() to see how it's
> being used. URL is being replaced by the closure (I think it's a closure)
> _gURL(request), so the value of request gets bound to the URL call, without
> having to supply it all the time.
>
> Also, a single argument to the original URL is treated as the application,
> whereas the closure treats it as the function. We see the former in the
> syntax error print below, more evidence that we're not invoking the closure.
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> > On Sep 18, 4:10 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Avik Basu wrote:
>
> >>> Line 219 of gluon/compileapp.py is as you described it. I also deleted
> >>> the whole gluon directory and downloaded the latest source of web2py
> >>> before restarting the server. Also, as far as I can tell, I am not
> >>> doing anything tricky with Globals or the URL symbol in my models.
>
> >>> I now get the following syntax error:
>
> >>> SyntaxError: URL: a=index c=None f=None r=None u=URL
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> >> I realized after I sent that last request that the __name__ of URL might
> >> not be significant at this point, because we're inside the URL() function.
>
> >> This might be worth a try. In appadmin.py, near the beginning (after the
> >> imports, but before response.menu is set):
>
> >> logger = logging.getLogger('web2py')
> >> logger.warning('appadmin url.name=%s' % URL.__name__)
>
> >> What you *should* see is _URL. That's what I see if I stick it in my own
> >> appadmin.
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> >>> On Sep 18, 3:33 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Sep 18, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Avik Basu wrote:
>
> >>>>> After restarting the server, I get the following error:
>
> >>>>> SyntaxError: URL: a=index c=None f=None r=None
>
> >>>> I was afraid of that, and I can't explain it.
>
> >>>> Please check that line 219 of gluon/compileapp.py is:
>
> >>>> environment['URL'] = html._gURL(request)
>
> >>>> And you might want to quit your server, delete all the .pyc files in
> >>>> gluon, and restart.
>
> >>>> Do you do anything tricky with globals() or the URL symbol in your
> >>>> models?
>
> >>>> And let's try one more printing attempt:
>
> >>>> if not (application and controller and function):
> >>>> if r:
> >>>> msg = 'URL: a=%s c=%s f=%s r.a=%s r.c=%s r.f=%s' %
> >>>> (application,controller,function,r.application,r.controller,r.function)
> >>>> else:
> >>>> msg = 'URL: a=%s c=%s f=%s r=%s u=%s' %
> >>>> (application,controller,function,r,URL.__name__)
> >>>> raise SyntaxError, msg
>
> >>>>> On Sep 18, 2:46 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sep 18, 2010, at 11:40 AM, Avik Basu wrote:
>
> >>>>>>> When I replace the code in gluon/html.py, I still keep getting the
> >>>>>>> same SyntaxError ('not enough information to build the url') which
> >>>>>>> seems strange since that is not even in the code anymore.
>
> >>>>>>> I am sort of new to debugging the gluon code so I maybe making some
> >>>>>>> simple mistake. I did delete the html.pyc file. Do I need to restart
> >>>>>>> the server?
>
> >>>>>> I would assume so, given the message, and especially if you're not
> >>>>>> seeing html.pyc getting recreated.
>
> >>>>>>> On Sep 18, 2:31 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Sep 18, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Avik Basu wrote:
>
> >>>>>>>>> Sure, I'm happy to help debug. Send me the print statements when
> >>>>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>>>> get a chance.
>
> >>>>>>>> FWIW, I just did the same thing (move the current appadmin into my
> >>>>>>>> own app) and it seems to work OK; at least I can access
> >>>>>>>> appadmin/index OK.
