From: "Jean Jordaan" <Jean@mosaicsoftware.com>
It looks like I'm going to be using cookies now, and I don't find any How-To on cookies. What's the most instructive place to look? "UTSL" is fine as an answer, especially if it points me somewhere, and even more if it's DTML source ..
The *ZQR* is a bit too cryptic for me.
First you must understand cookies independent of Zope: http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html Then Zope's interface to them will be easier to understand:
The *DTML Ref* has a bit more::
8. Dictionaries are objects that support looking of data by name (e.g. REQUEST.cookies['CUST_ID'] to look up a cookie named CUST_ID). Dictionaries have has_key methods for checking whether a dictionary contains a value (e.g. REQUEST.cookies.has_key('CUST_ID') ) and methods keys , values , and items , for updating lists of dictionary keys, values, and key-value pairs (e.g. REQUEST.cookies.keys() to obtain a list of cookie names).
.. but I don't understand yet how 'keys', 'values' and 'items' are going to help me *update* the lists -- it seems to refer only to querying them, AFAICS ..
Search for "cookie" a little further in http://www.zope.org/Members/ZQR/zqr/normal and you will find not only REQUEST.cookies but also RESPONSE.setCookie(). -- Loren