Steve Holden wrote: > Luiz Geron wrote: > > I don't have experience on this, but I think that you can make the > > script return the image "contents" directly to the img tag, without > > passing it to a img file, so you can use something like this: > > > > <img src="script_that_return_image_contents"> > > > > wich saves some processing and I/O. > > > No it doesn't, because the script that generates the graphic is then a > different script from the one that generates the referring HTML. I agree > that scripted generation of the graphical content is a viable option > that I overlooked, though it seems from the OP's inquiry that he already > uses CGI to generate the HTML. >
It doesn't save processing/IO, but it can still be done from teh same script. Just pass parameters in the ``src='...'`` tag to tell the script which image to output. Either that or the script can generate static images (and maybe do a cyclic cleanup) and put the correct URL into the image tags. All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com > PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list