> See the library reference for information on how to get the value of > form/request parameters from the CGI environment: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/node561.html > > Paul
Thanks again Paul - now I can see that the "request" object is a string of name/value pairs that occurs after a "?" in a url e.g. url.com/index.cgi?name=sami&lang=python - is that correct? Googling for this information is useless since the word "request" is so common on the www -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list