For whatever its' worth, I have HTTP Basic auth implemented in my web service and it fetches the user's account details from the datastore each time a request is made and it doesn't seem to be a huge problem.
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Guy Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > “If a web application wants to store session data, then it must be > stored in the DataStore rather than static variables or MemCache.” - > is that correct? > > I understand the reasoning behind it – that separate requests in a > session may go to different servers, which will not have the same > values in static variables or MemCache, only the DataStore is shared > between servers. But it is expensive (in developer time and DataStore > writes), so I’d just like to double check. > > NB: I have a fair bit of session data – encoding it in the cookie is > not feasible. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Patrick H. Twohig. Namazu Studios P.O. Box 34161 San Diego, CA 92163-4161 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
