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HTH. - Gustavo. Aaron said: > One of the nice things about mod_python is the req.write() function. > > Although I realize it's somewhat of an abuse to the http protocol, it's > handy being able to periodically update the client browser with a status > message for a long-running job. > > So handy in fact that I have a number of applications that rely fairly > heavily on it as a means of keeping the client (person) happy instead of > just showing them the default "browser busy" notification. > > There are a couple of workarounds, neither of which are ideal: > 1. Take them immediately to a secondary page, then submit the actual job > automatically on that second page. > 2. Instead of using HTTP POST, use an HTTP Request Object (ie. Ajax). > > Both of them involve significantly more development effort than an > equivalent req.write(). > > Is there a way to emulate the periodic-write functionality in WSGI? -- Gustavo Narea <xri://=Gustavo>. | Tech blog: =Gustavo/(+blog)/tech ~ About me: =Gustavo/about | _______________________________________________ Web-SIG mailing list Web-SIG@python.org Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/archive%40mail-archive.com
