<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>4.3.1 Table Object (mp_table) </title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="4.3.1 Table Object (mp_table) "> <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="next" href="pyapi-mprequest.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="module-apache.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="module-apache.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="pyapi-mprequest.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="module-apache.html"><img src="icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="module-apache.html"><img src="icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="pyapi-mprequest.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="module-apache.html">4.3 apache - Access</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="module-apache.html">4.3 apache - Access</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="pyapi-mprequest.html">4.3.2 Request Object </A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION006310000000000000000"> </A> <BR> 4.3.1 Table Object (mp_table)<a name='l2h-20'> </a> </H2> <P> The table object is a Python mapping to the Apache table. The table object performs just like a dictionary, with the only difference that key lookups are case insensitive. <P> Much of the information that Apache uses is stored in tables. For example, <tt class="member">Request.header_in</tt> and <tt class="member">Request.headers_out</tt>. <P> All the tables that mod_python provides inside the <tt class="class">Request</tt> object are actual mappings to the Apache structures, so changing the Python table also changes the underlying Apache table. <P> In addition to normal dictionary-like behavior, the table object also has the following method: <P> <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-21'><tt class='method'>add</tt></a></b>(<var>key, val</var>) <dd> <tt class="function">add()</tt> allows for creating duplicate keys, which is useful when multiple headers, such as <code>Set-Cookie:</code> are required. </dl> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="module-apache.html"><img src="icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="module-apache.html"><img src="icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="pyapi-mprequest.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="module-apache.html">4.3 apache - Access</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="module-apache.html">4.3 apache - Access</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="pyapi-mprequest.html">4.3.2 Request Object </A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.7.6, documentation updated on August 04, 2001.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>