Controller and model files are not Python modules. Rather, they are re-executed (in a separate thread) on each request, so a change you make to a global variable in one request will not affect other requests. You probably want to use the cache for this purpose: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/4#cache.
Anthony On Monday, May 21, 2012 12:09:14 PM UTC-4, Madu wrote: > > Hi, > > I thought this could be trivial but so far I couldn't figure out how to. > All I need to do is have a global variable in default.py. When I call one > method it will store a value in this variable, and later another method > will use it. What I have is something like this: > > > ------- default.py----- > value = 0 > > > def saveValue(): > global value > value = 1 > > > def showValuel(): > return dict(entries=value) > > Then I thought the default.py module maybe going out of scope when the > method returns, so I put 'value' in db.py, since variables defined in db.py > are available globally. But I still get the value that I define in db.py, > not the modified value in saveValue(). > > Could you please tell me if there is a recommended way in web2py to > have global values? > > Thank you. >
