Indeed it was. As Alisdair posted, simplify the regex and validate elsewhere. Thanks.
On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:26:51 AM UTC-6, fgallina wrote: > > 2013/1/30 Shawn H <[email protected] <javascript:>>: > > I posted this question yesterdat at stack overflow, but I'm wondering if > > this is a bug. I have a url that accepts one text parameter, allows > spaces, > > and calls a very simple view that checks if there are objects with a > project > > name that matches the text parameter value. The view returns a simple > json > > string indicating whether there's a project with that name already in > the > > database. It works great, repeatedly, with short parameter values. It > > locks up python on certain long string values. I've tested up to 50 > > characters, and just length doesn't trigger it. What does seem to > > repeatedly trigger it are long strings with multiple spaces. I've > tested my > > url regex matching and those long strings match just fine; my concern is > > that for some reason inside the view that long string is causing > problems. > > I'm using Django 1.4 with the built in webserver for testing. Any help > that > > can be provided will be greatly appreciated. > > > > I have a strong feeling it is related on how your regexp matches the > passed string, I don't know why in the world you would sanitize the > project's name directly in the url and not the view, in any case if > the user happen to enter garbage then filter will not find anything, > right? Also this seems a job for a GET parameter rather than a view > param, but YMMV. > > > Regards, > -- > Fabián E. Gallina > http://www.from-the-cloud.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
