This is reasonable request and we may be able to accommodate it. Please open a ticket on google code.
http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/ so it gets tracked. On Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:06:08 UTC-5, Aravindan Rs wrote: > > Hello, > > I have deployed my web2py application on Google app engine. I'm trying to > use Gatling (http://gatling-tool.org/) for load testing my web > application. Just accessing my home page (which is a static page with a few > images and links) exhausts my free quota of DB write operations per day. > > On further debugging I realized that each request was creating a new > session record in the table web2py_session_<appname> table. > > Investigating the HTTP request and response traces from my Gatling client, > I see that the client is setting the Cookie parameter > (session_id_<appname>) correctly in the request - same as the one sent by > my web2py app in the Set-Cookie parameter of the last response. The > SetCookie value sent back by server is enclosed in double quote ("). The > Cookie sent from client also contains double quote. > > The code in "gluons/globals.py" tries to parse the cookie value using > below line of code: > > (record_id, unique_key) = response.session_id.split(':') > > The record_id now contains a double quote - so the record is not found in > db and a new session record is created each time. > > *I privately modified the globals.py code to use underscore ('_') instead > of colon (':') as delimiter in the session cookie - the cookie no more > contains double quote and the problem is solved.* > > Please note that this problem is faced only when I use gatling; using > normal browsers (chrome, FF, IE) does not result is new session record > created each time. I think the problem is due to the way gatling is > handling double quote in as part of cookie value. Also when I test with my > local web2py instance with gatling, the problem is not faced as session > cookies which are stored as files in file system does not contain ':' and > hence no double quoting. > > I don't see yet a way to modify gatling. > > *My question to web2py community:* > Do you see it as a fair request to change the delimiter used in DB session > cookies from ':' to something else (e.g. _) so that cookies are not double > quoted - this will accommodate also clients which know only to handle > 'cookie version 0'. > > If this is an acceptable change, where should raise my request / > contribute my changes? > > Thanks and warm regards, > Aravindan. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
