[Zope] Response with a big file

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:12:42 +0200


Antonio Beamud Montero writes:
 > I have a problem when I try to return a big file (a multimedia file
 > exactly) in a response, i.e. a user request for a file, the a I generate
 > this file and return him with the minimal headers (like content-type,
 > Content-disposition...)... then zope starts to eat CPU time (99%) and
 > spends a lot of time in start to send this response...
 > 
 > What can be the problem? 
Usually, Zope determines the complete response and only then starts
to return anything to the browser.

You can use "RESPONSE.write" to change this.
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Dieter