Server Push

[Dale Strickland-Clak]

John Bradbury pushed the bounds of literature with:

> I want to send updates from a long running cgi.  I have tried copying
> perl examples of server push and can not get them to work.
> Does anyone have an idiot proof example of a working server push or
> sending output in chunks in Python?
> Thanks
> John Bradbury
> 
> 
> 

I'm not sure what you mean by 'server push' but if you want to update a 
web page progressively, you have to make sure that your web server isn't 
buffering. I think IIS does buffer by default.

You can then send out incremental updates to the page using print from a 
CGI script. Bear in mind though that the web page must suite this type of 
update. Also, some browsers might not display it correctly until they 
have the </html> tag.


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Dale Strickland-Clark
Riverhall Systems Ltd, www.riverhall.co.uk