Hey list,

Is it possible in web.py to draw a web page, perform some
computations, and then redraw the same page? Say I have the following
scenario:

1. A user logs in for the first time
2. Draw a page that says "Hi! Looks like you're new. Please wait while
we set up your account..."
3. Create some database entries and do some computations behind the scenes
4. Re-draw the page so it says "Done! Welcome. What's next?", and has
the main site interface.


Is this possible in web.py? I'm trying to do this on the same page
without redirecting to a 'setup' URL and then back, but I suppose I
could do the redirects if necessary. I have tried making some calls to
'print render.setup()', but this only seems to output the template to
the console, not to the web page. Is it possible to do this within one
GET() function? Does this require putting the calculations and re-draw
on a separate thread?

I am also wondering: does web.py only draw the web page when the GET
or POST function finally returns? I see in some old mailing list
discussions people call 'print render.foo()', but this does not appear
to actually draw to the web page (unless I'm doing something wrong?).

Thanks, let me know.
Dave

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