Bob, Looks like our messages crossed in the ether. Thanks for the clarification. I was using
iis->click on default web site and start/stop, rather than restart iis. Also thanks for info on python versus asp. In my previous message using reload in a python file does work so you do not need to restart iis everytime but it is probably inefficient? Simon Robert Brewer wrote: >Simon Hook wrote: > > >>I am trying to use import in an asp python page. If I have: >> >><%@ LANGUAGE = Python%> >><% >>import myfile >>%> >> >>Then myfile can only be found if its in the root of the >>python install directory, e.g. c:\python23 >>and only if the file is called myfile.py and it contains >>python NOT asp code. If I have some python code and it is >>loaded by a webpage, if I make any changes to the code >>in myfile.py the changes do not come into effect unless >>I reboot my machine. I tried start/stop/start iis but that >>has no effect, I tried open/close/open and I tried the python >>reload() command. None of these had any effect. >> >>The only way I could get an asp-python file included was to >>use the asp include: >> >><!--#include file="dumpform.asp"--> >> >>How can I get asp to pull python code from another directory >>and how can I make a change and not have to reboot for the >>change to be invoked? Can I use import with an asp page? >> >> > >That's odd. When you say "stop/start iis" are you only restarting the >www service? I find that the following works: open the Internet Services >Manager, right click on the computer and choose "Restart IIS..." from >the menu, then "Restart Internet Service on machinename". > >AFAICT, any code inside an .asp file will be reloaded whenever it >changes. Any code within an imported .py file requires the restart I >described above. > >FWIW I've had some issues in the past with "import myfile", and I find >"from mypackage import mfile" to be more reliable. Sorry; I don't have >any hard data on that at the moment--lost in the mists of history. But >everything I import in .asp files sits in my site-packages folder >anyway. > > >Robert Brewer >System Architect >Amor Ministries >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
