using "request" variable in python web program

[sami]

> See the library reference for information on how to get the value of
> form/request parameters from the CGI environment:
>
> http://docs.python.org/lib/node561.html
>
> Paul

Thanks again Paul - now I can see that the "request" object is a
string of name/value pairs that occurs after a "?" in a url e.g.
url.com/index.cgi?name=sami&lang=python - is that correct? Googling
for this information is useless since the word "request" is so common
on the www