Let me also add that I have: num_trav -= 1
in the appropriate place to prevent an infinite loop that might be causing this. But according to the debugger, the function isn't making it past: for k, v in request.vars.items() anyway. On Mar 2, 11:58 pm, Lennon <[email protected]> wrote: > The following code got me a socket timeout error: > > for trip in session.trip_cart: > t_id = trip['trip_instance'] > num_trav = trip['quantity'] - 1 > while num_trav > 0: > new_trav = dict() > for k, v in request.vars.items(): > #get the field's trip_instance number > #rest of code omitted. > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Users\Lennon\workspace\web2py_source\gluon\rocket.py", line > 1064, in run > self.run_app(conn) > File "C:\Users\Lennon\workspace\web2py_source\gluon\rocket.py", line > 1531, in run_app > self.environ = environ = self.build_environ(sock_file, conn) > File "C:\Users\Lennon\workspace\web2py_source\gluon\rocket.py", line > 1363, in build_environ > request = self.read_request_line(sock_file) > File "C:\Users\Lennon\workspace\web2py_source\gluon\rocket.py", line > 1138, in read_request_line > raise SocketTimeout("Socket timed out before request.") > SocketTimeout: Socket timed out before request. > > Through use of the debugger I've determined that the line that is > causing the error is: > > for k, v in request.vars.items() > > This is strange to me because I've used that same line in other places > but I've never had a problem with it. > > One possibility is that this code is part of a larger function (so now > the function maybe takes too long?), but a the function ran fine > before the above code was added. I see that the socket times out > after 10 seconds but this error seems to happen almost instantaneously > when I submit my form. > > One last strange occurrence is that when I clicked the ticket for the > above error, Google Chrome opened the ticket and also popped up the > following message in an alert box: > > "Exception during snapshot rendering: Traceback (most recent call > last): > File > "C:path_to_my_web2py/admin/viewsdefault/ticket.html", line > 170, in <module> > KeyError: 'request' > > I've never had Google Chrome pop up an alert for any of my tickets > although this might be unrelated.

