Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-29 Thread Sullivan WxPyQtKinter
Well, in that case, the internal direction is just what I need. Thank you so much for help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-28 Thread and-google
Sullivan WxPyQtKinter wrote: 1. Are there any method (in python of course) to redirect to a web page without causing a Back button trap... rather than the redirection page with a Location: url head What's wrong with the redirection page? If there's really a necessary reason for not using an

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-28 Thread Sullivan WxPyQtKinter
Just read the name of the server (os.environ['SERVER_NAME']) to work out what absolute URL to redirect to, whist still being portable. Here's some code I dug up that should also cope with non-default ports and SSL, if that's of any use: ssl= os.environ.get('HTTPS', 'off') not in ('',

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-28 Thread Sybren Stuvel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: What's wrong with the redirection page? If there's really a necessary reason for not using an HTTP redirect (for example, needing to set a cookie, which doesn't work cross-browser on redirects), the best bet is a page containing a plain link and

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-28 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Sullivan WxPyQtKinter enlightened us with: Sorry I do not quite understand what is the difference between an internal redirection and an external one? External: - Browser requests URL A - Server responds Go to URL B - Browser requests URL B - Server responds with contents of B

CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-27 Thread Sullivan WxPyQtKinter
I am now programming python scripts for CGI environment. The redirection has been discussed in this forum for over one hundred times. I have seen most of them, but still have some questions: 1. Are there any method (in python of course) to redirect to a web page without causing a Back button

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-27 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Sullivan WxPyQtKinter enlightened us with: 1. Are there any method (in python of course) to redirect to a web page without causing a Back button trap(ie, when user click the back button on their web browser, they are redirect to their current page, while their hope is probably to go back to

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-27 Thread I V
Sullivan WxPyQtKinter wrote: 1. Are there any method (in python of course) to redirect to a web page without causing a Back button trap(ie, when user click the back button on their web browser, they are redirect to their current page, while their hope is probably to go back to the last page

Re: CGI redirection: let us discuss it further

2006-03-27 Thread Sybren Stuvel
Dennis Lee Bieber enlightened us with: I suspect the desired function may be browser specific, since it sounds like one would need to pop a history record to remove the redirect page from the list... That's only if you think from the browser's point of view. An internal redirect goes unnoticed