sockets and data??

[Steve Holden]

"Miguel Angel Blanch Lardin" <x5101920 at fedro.ugr.es> wrote in message
news:3AEE993A.1317AAB3 at fedro.ugr.es...
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>
> akhar wrote:
>
> > I have a python program that send text to a socket and another, the
server
> > program responds with the string and a hello.  now I try to transmit a
file,
> > and exeptions are raised?? I am actually trying to stream audio but the
file
> > won't read? what do I do to read while receiving data?
> > many thanks in advance
> > Stephane
>
> Woo!
> This looks exactly like my problem.
> I have realised that when data sent through a socket is bigger than 10000
bytes
> it breaks the connection.
>
Well, that shouldn't happen if your socket reception code is correct. Are
you looping, with a recv() call on the socket until you have read all the
data?

> So I wanted to know if someone else is aware of this problem, and if exist
an
> easy solution.
>
If you aren't careful it's quite easy to hang a server waiting for client
data which will never arrive, and this will eventually (2 hours?) time out
the socket. What specific errors are you seeing?

regards
 Steve