My fledgling app is driving users crazy. I use the session to store a
list of strings, and then use "prev" and "next" controllers to
redirect to a page by indexing into that list. Ever since I enabled
this feature, users randomly lose their auth and are forced to re-
logon. This blows away the list and index and forces them to restart
the sequence.
I've read all about session vars and how they need to be serialized.
The list is a simple Python list of either ints or strings (I've tried
both). I also store the current index pointer into the list, again as
either a string or int. The effect is completely random -- sometimes
it will let you "next" or "prev" without complaint and then *bam*
suddenly it forces you to re-logon with every click of "next" or
"prev".
Here is the "string" version of "next":
def event_next():
if session.eventlist and (int(session.eventptr)>=0):
tmp=int(session.eventptr)+1
if tmp>=len(session.eventlist):
tmp=0
session.eventptr=str(tmp)
redirect(URL('meet','signup',args=[int(session.eventlist[tmp])]))
session.flash="Lost sync with events!"
redirect(URL('meet','index'))
Is there a better way? These session vars are driving me crazy!
-- Joe
