Session scope is until the LiftSession expires (which is tied to the container session) and is longer. Request scope is during the "current page" which means the original page request and any associated AJAX callbacks and other function bindings.
-Ross On Feb 22, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Strom wrote: > This seems like a silly question to me, but what is considered the > scope of a request vs the scope of a session? Which is longer? > > I'm trying to figure how to go about having an object fetched from the > DB in memory so I don't have to fetch from the DB every time someone > submits the form. In my case, I would like to have a search involving > zip code that has some associated info in the DB that I would need for > distance calculations, and I would like to keep that DB object around > until the user clears or changes the zip code field, making the > fetched object obsolete. > > I am considering using sessionmemoize or requestmemoize objects to > suit my needs, but I don't know how long each one would stay around (I > can't think of concrete examples of request vs session...I always > though request happened every time you clicked a link to go somewhere > on a webpage, whereas session is as long as the browser is on the > site). > > I've also considered a stateful snippet, but I don't think that's the > right way to go about it since there is no clear start and finish to > the snippet from where to unregister from. > > Thanks, > Strom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lift" 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/liftweb?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" 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/liftweb?hl=en.
