session['views'] = views is valid. This is because you are setting(creating) a key, not getting it.
You can do... some_id = 'my_id' session[some_id] = 'some content' and it will work just fine. -- Thadeus On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:06 AM, ionel <[email protected]> wrote: > But anyway, I have an ASP.NET background. Session["key"] = value is > normal. > In PHP also: $_SESSION['views'] = $value; > > I see this as a limitation because I cannot persist an object into a > session( if the session file it's not created) with a variable as key. > For example: > > some_id = 'my_id' > session[some_id] = 'some content' > > But I think, I need to learn the python way :) > > i > > On May 9, 8:47 am, ionel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you. >> I didn't know.... :) I'm still a python noob, I think. >> >> On May 9, 2:03 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > The reason is >> >> > session.button1 returns None if the key is not found.... whereas >> > session['button1'] raises an exception when the key is not found. >> >> > This is typically python behavior. >> >> > -- >> > Thadeus >> >> > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:44 PM, ionel <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I think I found a bug. >> >> > > Traceback (most recent call last): >> > > File "G:\dev\proj\python\web2py\gluon\restricted.py", line 178, in >> > > restricted >> > > exec ccode in environment >> > > File "G:\dev\proj\python\web2py\applications\myapp/views\default/ >> > > index.html", line 97, in <module> >> > > KeyError: 'button1' >> >> > > If you don't have any session file in the session folder >> > > session['button1'] it is not working, but session.button1 it does. >> > > You need to delete all the session files to replicate the bug. >> >> > > Thanks. >> >> > > ionel >> >> > > On May 9, 12:05 am, ionel <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> Mea culpa! >> >> > >> Yes, they are equivalent. My key was empty... sorry. I think I'm >> > >> tired... >> >> > >> Thank you very much. >> >> > >> ionel >> >> > >> On May 8, 11:27 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > They should be equivalent. Can you show the traceback? >> >> > >> > On May 8, 9:54 pm, ionel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > But I allready did that... and its working... >> >> > >> > > Something like that: >> >> > >> > > if not session.c: >> > >> > > c = MyClass() >> > >> > > session.c = c >> > >> > > else: >> > >> > > c = session.c >> >> > >> > > But my question was why I cannot use session['c'] instead of >> > >> > > session.c >> >> > >> > > Thank you! >> >> > >> > > i >> >> > >> > > On May 8, 9:31 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > > You cannot store your own classes in the session because the >> > >> > > > session >> > >> > > > is retrieved before your own classes are defined. You can only >> > >> > > > store >> > >> > > > in session primitive types. You can serialize your objects >> > >> > > > yourself. >> >> > >> > > > On May 8, 7:30 pm, ionel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > > > > Hello, >> >> > >> > > > > I'd like to have something like that: >> >> > >> > > > > class MyClass(): >> > >> > > > > def __init__(self, id) >> > >> > > > > self.id = id >> >> > >> > > > > c = MyClass('some_id') >> >> > >> > > > > session[c.id] = c >> >> > >> > > > > I do not see a solution for this. >> > >> > > > > Can somebody help me? >> >> > >> > > > > Thanks. >> >> > >> > > > > i. >
