Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-06 Thread James
Phenomenal, Kent. I'll poke around and see if I can figure out what kind of communication is going on between the server and the browser and go from there. :) I appreciate your and Alan's help, as always! On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 6, 200

Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-06 Thread Kent Johnson
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:58 AM, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the response. > > Ahhh, now we're going to get really off-topic. ;) > > The only one that I've been able to scrape up for now was the infamous > DOM Inspector. You really want to be looking at the transaction with the se

Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-06 Thread James
Thanks for the response, Alan. Unfortunately direct access to the database is not a possibility. ;) It's one of those things where the folks running the database don't want to share the necessary credentials. I guess I've resorted to this "POST hack" in an effort to make life easier, even without t

Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-06 Thread James
Thanks for the response. Ahhh, now we're going to get really off-topic. ;) The only one that I've been able to scrape up for now was the infamous DOM Inspector. Using the DOM Inspector, I can see: - action ('/tool/update/todoUpdate.do') - method is post - name is 'todo' There's a specific input

Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-06 Thread Alan Gauld
"James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote I want to write a program that will update the 'last updated' field on *every* item. This will require some sort of 'post' to the web server I think I misunderstood your request. I thought you wanted to add some new web browser functions but it looks like yo

Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-05 Thread Kent Johnson
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:56 PM, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to write a program that will update the 'last updated' field on > *every* item. This will require some sort of 'post' to the web server > and interaction with the existing web tools and its back-end. I can > probably whip up

Re: [Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-05 Thread Alan Gauld
"James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote I want to write a program that will update the 'last updated' field on *every* item. This will require some sort of 'post' to the web server Have you considered doing it in JavaScript on the client. You could esily do this in the onSubmit handler function. T

[Tutor] Have Python Update Forms

2008-06-05 Thread James
All, I'm helping a buddy write a program and could use a few pointers. :) I know this is a bit 'off-topic,' but hopefully someone can shed some light on how to go about doing this. First some background information: there's a web tool which keeps track of a 'to do' list. The to-do list has a data