On Mar 24, 12:51 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > def pager(self,dex): > #Input page filename, Output pagetitle and the HTML output > #Find out if the file requested actually exists > try: > j = dex + ".html" > textfile = open("pages/" + j, "r") > #If not 404' it > except: > self.err404(dex) > > #The first line in the .html files is the title, this reads > that one > line > pagetitle = textfile.readline() > [snip]
> File "/home2/awasilenko/webapps/cp/html.py", line 25, in pager > pagetitle = textfile.readline() > UnboundLocalError: local variable 'textfile' referenced before > assignment > > I know the except is being executed because I put a break in there for > testing purposes and it did break, but as for why its not pulling up > the 404 function and returning the error page, I have no idea. It *is* "pulling up the 404 function", which *is* returning your error page. However all your except clause does is "self.err404(dex)" -- you ignore the return value, and fall out of the except clause with textfile undefined, with the expected consequences. I'm not at all familiar with cherrypy, but you probably need to do either: errpage = self.err404(dex) dosomethingwith(errpage, dex) return or simply: return "404 page title", self.err404(dex) [Actually it would be better style if the err404 method returned a tuple of (pagetitle, pagebody), then your except clause contains only: return self.err404(dex) The main point being to return instead of falling through the bottom of the except clause. BTW, you should not use a bare except. Be a little more specific, like except IOError: Looking at the cherrypy docs would seem indicated. AFAIK there was a v1 and a v2 with different naming conventions and there's now a v3 -- do ensure that you mention which version you are using if you need to come back with more questions. HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list