<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>6.1.3 Form Data</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="6.1.3 Form Data"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="modpython"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css"> <LINK REL="previous" href="hand-pub-alg.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="hand-pub.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="hand-cgi.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html"><img src="icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-pub.html"><img src="icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-cgi.html"><img src="icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html">6.1.2.3 Authentication</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub.html">6.1 Publisher Handler</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-cgi.html">6.2 CGI Handler</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION008130000000000000000"> 6.1.3 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 attept 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"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html"><img src="icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-pub.html"><img src="icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="hand-cgi.html"><img src="icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Mod_python Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub-alg-auth.html">6.1.2.3 Authentication</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-pub.html">6.1 Publisher Handler</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="hand-cgi.html">6.2 CGI Handler</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.7.6, documentation updated on August 04, 2001.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>