thanks for the explanation about what is happening behind the scenes. I think session should work well for me then.
On Jun 29, 11:43 pm, cjparsons <[email protected]> wrote: > Session data is normally stored on disk in the "sessions" folder in > python pickle format - only the session id is transferred over the > network connection between the client and the server. (I say > "normally" because there is also an option to store session data in > the database, though this has to be enabled). > > If you scale your application up to more than one server you'll > obviously have to consider how the session folder is shared between > servers, or make sure the same session is always served by the same > machine. > > On Jun 29, 8:10 am, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hello, > > > I have a Python dictionary that is unique to each user and takes a > > rather heavy database query to instantiate. Is there a way to maintain > > the state of this dictionary between requests? For example, is saving > > it in the session variable a good idea? > > > thanks, > > Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" 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/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
