URG: Help need in socket programming

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Vijay Anand R. wrote:

> hai
>  
> can any help me in solving my problem with python sockets?
>  
>  
> i am involved in testing the functionality of a financial exchange soln
> named STRIDE. it uses FIX protocol
>  
> i am using non blocking sockets. i find some problems while sending the
> invalid testcases. the test case that have appln based error gets rejected
> by the STRIDE and i am able to receive the error message. but when i send
> test cases with improper data format, the FIX gateway rejects it. but i am
> not able to capture the error. my testing tool gets hanged. i am running
> using IDLE.
>  
> this is my code - can anyone help me in this regard
>  
>  
>  
> def sendMsg(user,port,msg,login):
>     
>     global signUser, sock, fNameCount
>     
>     if login == 1:
>         lNMsg = 1
>     else:
>         lNMsg = 2
>     dump = ''
>     count = 0
>     while 1:
>         count = count + 1
>         data = sock[user].recv(BUFSIZ)
>         dump = dump + data
>  
>         if login == 1:
>             signUser[user] = getSign(data)
>  
>         if not data or count >= lNMsg  : break
>  
>     return dump
>  
>  
>  
>  
> regards
>  
> R Vijay Anand
>  
> Project Trainee, Elind Computer Pvt Ltd,
> 100 Feet Road, HAL 2nd Stage,Indiranagar,
> Bangalore 560038. INDIA
> Tel : 080 5216767 Extn : 290
>  
> "It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world."


I don't understand what you are trying to achieve?

Though I noticed your function is called *sendMessage* but you do a *recv*
can this be a problem?