<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css" type='text/css' /> <link rel="first" href="modpython.html" title='Mod_python Manual' /> <link rel='contents' href='contents.html' title="Contents" /> <link rel='index' href='genindex.html' title='Index' /> <link rel='last' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel='help' href='about.html' title='About this document...' /> <link rel="prev" href="hand-pub-alg.html" /> <link rel="parent" href="hand-pub.html" /> <link rel="next" href="hand-psp.html" /> <meta name='aesop' content='information' /> <title>7.1.3 Form Data</title> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <div id='top-navigation-panel' xml:id='top-navigation-panel'> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="7.1.2.3 Authentication" href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="7.1 Publisher Handler" href="hand-pub.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="7.2 PSP Handler" href="hand-psp.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" href="contents.html"><img src='contents.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="index" title="Index" href="genindex.html"><img src='index.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Index' width='32' /></A></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html">7.1.2.3 Authentication</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="hand-pub.html">7.1 Publisher Handler</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="hand-psp.html">7.2 PSP Handler</A> </div> <hr /></div> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION009130000000000000000"> 7.1.3 Form Data</A> </H2> <P> In the process of matching arguments, the Publisher handler creates an instance of <em class="citetitle"><a href="pyapi-util-fstor.html" title="FieldStorage" >FieldStorage</a></em> class. A reference to this instance is stored in an attribute <tt class="member">form</tt> of the <tt class="class">Request</tt> object. <P> Since a <tt class="class">FieldStorage</tt> can only be instantiated once per request, one must not attempt to instantiate <tt class="class">FieldStorage</tt> when using the Publisher handler and should use <tt class="class">Request.form</tt> instead. <P> <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="7.1.2.3 Authentication" href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html"><img src='previous.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="7.1 Publisher Handler" href="hand-pub.html"><img src='up.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Up One Level' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="7.2 PSP Handler" href="hand-psp.html"><img src='next.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" href="contents.html"><img src='contents.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></A></td> <td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> <td class='online-navigation'><a rel="index" title="Index" href="genindex.html"><img src='index.png' border='0' height='32' alt='Index' width='32' /></A></td> </tr></table> <div class='online-navigation'> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html">7.1.2.3 Authentication</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="hand-pub.html">7.1 Publisher Handler</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" rel="next" href="hand-psp.html">7.2 PSP Handler</A> </div> </div> <hr /> <span class="release-info">Release 3.3.1, documentation updated on January 29, 2007.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>