[mod_python] Using session management?

Thu Sep 15 21:22:14 EDT 2005

Steve Bergman wrote:
> In my previous message I cut and pasted the wrong snippet.  This is what 
> I meant:
> 
> from mod_python import Session
> 
> def main(req):
>       sess = Session.Session(req)
>       if sess.is_new():
>       s = '<html>This is a new session.</html>'
>       sess.myVar2 = "I am a session variable."
>       sess.save()
>       return s
>   else:
>       sess.load()
>       s='<html>This is an old session.  myVar2 = ' + sess.myVar2 + 
> '</html>'
>       sess.save()
>       return s

"BaseSession is a subclass of dict. Data can be stored and retrieved 
from the session by using it as a dictionary." -- docs

It looks like what you want is:

-       sess.myVar2 = "I am a session variable."
+       sess["myVar2"] = "I am a session variable."

--
Jason Stubbs