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The implementations in the <tt class="module">util</tt> module are much more efficient because they call directly into Apache API's as opposed to using CGI which relies on the environment to pass information. <P> The recommended way of using this module is: <div class="verbatim"><pre> from mod_python import util </pre></div> <P> <div class="seealso"> <p class="heading">See Also:</p> <dl compact="compact" class="seetitle"> <dt><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://CGI-Spec.Golux.Com/" >Common Gateway Interface RFC Project Page</a></em></dt> <dd>for detailed information on the CGI specification</dd> </dl> </div> <P> <p><br /></p><hr class='online-navigation' /> <div class='online-navigation'> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></a> <UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> <LI><A href="pyapi-util-fstor.html">4.6.1 FieldStorage class</a> <LI><A href="pyapi-util-fstor-examples.html">4.6.2 FieldStorage Examples</a> <LI><A href="pyapi-util-fstor-fld.html">4.6.3 Field class</a> <LI><A href="pyapi-util-funcs.html">4.6.4 Other functions</a> </ul> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> </div> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div class='online-navigation'> <p></p><hr /> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="4.5.7.2 Server Members" href="pyapi-mpsrv-mem.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="4. 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