<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>5.4.1 PythonEnablePdb</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="5.4.1 PythonEnablePdb"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="modpython"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="modpython.css"> <link rel="first" href="modpython.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="next" href="dir-other-pd.html"> <LINK REL="previous" href="dir-other.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="dir-other.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="dir-other-pd.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-other.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-other.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-other-pd.html"><img src="icons/next.png" 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.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-other.html">5.4 Other Directives</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-other.html">5.4 Other Directives</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-other-pd.html">5.4.2 PythonDebug</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION007410000000000000000"> </A> <a name="l2h-228"> </a> <BR> 5.4.1 PythonEnablePdb </H2> <P> <b><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Syntax" title="Syntax:" >Syntax:</a></em></b> PythonEnablePdb {On, Off} <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Default" title="Default:" >Default:</a></em> PythonEnablePdb Off <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Context" title="Context:" >Context:</a></em> server config, virtual host, directory, htaccess <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Override" title="Override:" >Override:</a></em> not None <BR><em class="citetitle"><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/directive-dict.html#Module" title="Module:" >Module:</a></em> mod_python.c <P> When On, mod_python will execute the handler functions within the Python debugger pdb using the <code>pdb.runcall()</code> function. <P> Because pdb is an interactive tool, start httpd from the command line with the -DONE_PROCESS option when using this directive. As soon as your handler code is entered, you will see a Pdb prompt allowing you to step through the code and examine variables. <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="dir-other.html"><img src="icons/previous.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-other.html"><img src="icons/up.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="dir-other-pd.html"><img src="icons/next.png" 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.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="icons/blank.png" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="icons/index.png" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-other.html">5.4 Other Directives</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-other.html">5.4 Other Directives</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="dir-other-pd.html">5.4.2 PythonDebug</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 3.1.0a, documentation updated on August 26, 2003.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> </BODY> </HTML>