[mod_python] greetings and configuration issue

Haven't properly sat down and tried to work through the emails on this
yet, but as to setting up a basic mptest.py example, you might also
read:

   http://www.dscpl.com.au/articles/modpython-001.html

This may give you a bit more insight into what certain things are for
and how to sort out problems.

As Nicolas said, a basic handler and mod_python.publisher are different
things and you seem to be confusing the two at this point.

More later.

Graham

On 07/10/2005, at 4:35 AM, Nicolas Lehuen wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> Unfortunately for a lot of mod_python beginners, it is not clear why 
> the mptest handler CANNOT be used directly by the publisher handler.
>
> First of all, try to have the publisher running as described here :
> http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/tut-pub.html
>
> Then, you'll understand that even if the publisher is correctly 
> configured, if you call /mod_python/mptest.py, then the publisher 
> handler will find the mptest module but NOT an index(req) function 
> inside... You'll have to call /mod_python/mptest.py/handler to specify 
> the function to call (or rename handler to index) and begin to solve 
> your 404 problem.
>
> Last, but not least, handlers are supposed to write on the request 
> object and return a status value (hence the return apache.OK), whereas 
> the return value of published  functions is the data you want to send 
> back to the client (though you can also write on the request object to 
> make things more interesting).
>
> To sum up, handlers are the lowest API of mod_python, and the 
> publisher is just a handler which has its own system for publishing, 
> which somewhat resembles the handler system, but with enough 
> differences to prevent the two from being swappable at will... We know 
> it's quite confusing for a newbie, but now that there are users for 
> the two layers, we can't unify them :).
>
> Regards,
> Nicolas
>
> 2005/10/6, Ken Bradshaw <bradshak at us.ibm.com>:
> >  
> >
> > Hello All,
> >  I've recently taken an interest in python and mod_python in 
> particular. For
> > the past two years or so I've been developing enterprise web apps in 
> j2ee
> > with WebSphere Applications Server and Portal Server, so I'm pretty 
> used to
> > pouring over documentation when configuration issues arise.