[python-win32] import and asp-python and iis - strange behaviour

[Robert Brewer]

Simon Hook wrote:
> I am trying to use import in an asp python page. If I have:
> 
> <%@ LANGUAGE = Python%>
> <%
> import myfile
> %>
> 
> Then myfile can only be found if its in the root of the 
> python install directory, e.g. c:\python23
> and only if the file is called myfile.py and it contains 
> python NOT asp code. If I have some python code and it is
> loaded by a webpage, if I make any changes to the code
> in myfile.py the changes do not come into effect unless
> I reboot my machine. I tried start/stop/start iis but that 
> has no effect, I tried open/close/open and I tried the python 
> reload() command. None of these had any effect.
> 
> The only way I could get an asp-python file included was to 
> use the asp include:
> 
> <!--#include file="dumpform.asp"-->
> 
> How can I get asp to pull python code from another directory 
> and how can I make a change and not have to reboot for the
> change to be invoked? Can I use import with an asp page?

That's odd. When you say "stop/start iis" are you only restarting the
www service? I find that the following works: open the Internet Services
Manager, right click on the computer and choose "Restart IIS..." from
the menu, then "Restart Internet Service on machinename".

AFAICT, any code inside an .asp file will be reloaded whenever it
changes. Any code within an imported .py file requires the restart I
described above.

FWIW I've had some issues in the past with "import myfile", and I find
"from mypackage import mfile" to be more reliable. Sorry; I don't have
any hard data on that at the moment--lost in the mists of history. But
everything I import in .asp files sits in my site-packages folder
anyway.


Robert Brewer
System Architect
Amor Ministries
fumanchu at amor.org