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<p>I would be grateful for any advice about a problem which is preventing me
from using Python for my current project.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>I am hoping to use Python 2.6 on the server side with Microsoft ASP [not
ASP.NET; version details below]. The behavior I see is:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>1. Load very simple page [text below] into browser [Firefox or IE, versions
below]. Everything displays, fine.<br>
2. Exit browser, restart it, and reload the same page; or open a second tab and
load the same page.<br>
3. In either case, page fails to load, with error:<br>
Python ActiveX Scripting Engine, ASP 0211 (0x80020009)<br>
A built-in ASP object has been referenced, which is no longer valid.<br>
If I edit the page in any way, or just &#8216;touch&#8217; it, and refresh the
browser, the page will load correctly the first time, and then fail again as
described. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p>The page I am using has no actual Python scripting, just the LANGUAGE
directive and then the html and body tags with a little plain text.&nbsp; Of course,
things don&#8217;t get any better if I put in some actual Python.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>I found a five-year-old newsgroup posting with what seemed to be a similar
(but not identical) problem. This thread said that the problem went away if
server-side debugging was turned off. I have it turned off, no effect. I also tried
adding some Response object settings to disallow cacheing, but these did not
have any effect. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p>Version Info:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>Python: 2.6.2<br>
PyWin: pywin32-214 (I ran the client\pyscript.py and server\axsite.py scripts
for setup)<br>
Client OS: Windows XP Pro SP2<br>
Browsers: Firefox 3.0.14, IE 8.0.6 [identical bug]<br>
Server: IIS 5.1<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>Note, I also tried using Python 3.1 with corresponding pywin, but I could
not get that to work with ASP at all; just got server 500 errors. I&#8217;d
prefer to use 2.6 anyway since I am fairly new to Python. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p>I would be very grateful for any expert pointers on this, since if I
can&#8217;t solve it I will probably have to go use PHP, Javascript, or
something else. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>

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