Using filepath method to identify an .html page

[Ferrous Cranus]

Τη Τρίτη, 22 Ιανουαρίου 2013 2:47:16 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Ferrous Cranus έγραψε:
> Τη Τρίτη, 22 Ιανουαρίου 2013 2:29:21 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης Dave Angel έγραψε:
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> > On 01/22/2013 07:02 AM, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
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> > > # produce a hash string based on html page's filepath and convert it to an integer, that will then be used to identify the page itself
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> > > pin = int( hashlib.md5( htmlpage ) )
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> > > This fails. why?
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> > > htmlpage = a string respresenting the absolute path of the requested .html file
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> > > hashlib.md5( htmlpage ) = conversion of the above string to a hashed string
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> > > int( hashlib.md5( htmlpage ) ) = conversion of the above hashed string to a number
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> > > Why this fails?
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> > Is your copy/paste broken?  It could be useful to actually show in what 
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> > way it "fails."
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> > The md5 method produces a "HASH object", not a string.  So int() cannot 
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> > To produce a digest string from the hash object, you want to call 
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> > hexdigest() method.  The result of that is a hex literal string.  So you 
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> > cannot just call int() on it, since that defaults to decimal.
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> > To convert a hex string to an int, you need the extra parameter of int:
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> > Now, see if you can piece it together.
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> htmlpage = a string respresenting the absolute path of the requested .html file 
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> What i want to do, is to associate a number to an html page's absolute path for to be able to use that number for my database relations instead of the BIG absolute path string.
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> so to get an integer out of a string i would just have to type:
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> pin = int( htmlpage )
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> But would that be unique?

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