import anydbm

[Morten Gulbrandsen]

Hello,

I have a small python  problem,


#!/usr/bin/python


import anydbm
file = anydbm.open("filename.txt") # link to external file
file['key'] = 'data'           # store data by key
data = file['key']             # fetch data by key

import cgi
form = cgi.FieldStorage()      # parse form data (stdin, environ)
if form.has_key('name'):
    showReply('Hello, ' + form['name'].value)





"""

morten at debian:~/Python/lpython/unix/examples$ chmod  u+x  *.py

morten at debian:~/Python/lpython/unix/examples$ ls -l *.py
-rwxr--r--    1 morten   morten        857 Jun 19 11:56 page054.py

morten at debian:~/Python/lpython/unix/examples$ ./page054.py
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "./page054.py", line 5, in ?
    file = anydbm.open("filename.txt") # link to external file
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/anydbm.py", line 80, in open
    raise error, "need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db"
anydbm.error: need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db
morten at debian:~/Python/lpython/unix/examples$


example  typed from page 54  Learning Python
Oreilley  Help For programmers,
written by Mark Lutz

what am I doing wrong ?

"""

Yours Sincerely

Morten Gulbrandsen