Xapian discuss - Jun 2005 - xapian-python and Apache

Hi,

I am trying to make a python CGI script which connects itself to a
remote server; while this scripts works when called from the
command-line, I get the following error when executed by apache (with
mod_python):

Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mod_python.cgihandler"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line
299, in HandlerDispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/mod_python/cgihandler.py",
line 96, in handler
    imp.load_module(module_name, fd, path, desc)

  File "/home/bpiwowar/public_html/todocl/simplesearch.py", line 32,
in ?
    database =
xapian.Database(xapian.remote_open("<HOST>",<PORT>))

  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/xapian.py", line 576, in
__init__
    newobj = _xapian.new_Database(*args)

TypeError: argument number 1: __class__ must be set to new-style class, not
'NoneType' object


I am using Xapian 0.8.5 on a debian sarge

Thanks for any help (I am quite new to python too)
Benjamin Piwowarski

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:48:29PM -0400, Benjamin Piwowarski
wrote:
>   File "/home/bpiwowar/public_html/todocl/simplesearch.py", line
32, in ?
>     database =
xapian.Database(xapian.remote_open("<HOST>",<PORT>))
You can simplify this as xapian.remote_open returns a Database object:

    database = xapian.remote_open("<HOST>",<PORT>)

I don't know if that's causing your problem though...

Is the command line python the same as the mod_python one?  What does
"python -V" report?

Cheers,
    Olly