Opened 18 years ago

Closed 18 years ago

#3241 closed enhancement (wontfix)

[patch] memcached backend can't use keys containing spaces

Reported by: recalcitrare@… Owned by: Jacob
Component: Core (Cache system) Version: dev
Severity: normal Keywords: memcached
Cc: Triage Stage: Design decision needed
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

I wanted to use memcached to cache pages whose URLs contain spaces, but was told 'Client.MemcachedKeyCharacterError, "Control characters not allowed"'. The memcache module refuses to use keys longer than 250 characters or containing "control characters", which it defines as anything with a decimal ASCII code below 33 -- which includes the space character.

So the attached memcached backend uses a hash (SHA1) of the URL as the cache key as necessary. Seems to perform OK in my limited seat-of-the-pants usage; I suppose urllib.quote might be faster, but wouldn't help with long URLs.

Attachments (1)

memcached.py​ (1.6 KB ) - added by recalcitrare@… 18 years ago.
revision of memcached backend that can handle keys > 250 characters or containing spaces

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Change History (4)

by recalcitrare@…, 18 years ago

Attachment: memcached.py​ added

revision of memcached backend that can handle keys > 250 characters or containing spaces

comment:1 by recalcitrare@…, 18 years ago

Summary: memcached backend can't use keys containing spaces → [patch] memcached backend can't use keys containing spaces

comment:2 by Chris Beaven, 18 years ago

Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Design decision needed

comment:3 by Jacob, 18 years ago

Resolution: → wontfix
Status: new → closed

This is something you'll need to deal with in your client code; hashing the cache keys makes it nearly impossible to introspect the cache.

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