on or about, Wednesday, November 13, 2002, we have reason to believe that Jorg E. Rødsjø wrote something along the lines of : JER> I have a python function which returns a list of dictionaries (a result for JER> an ldap query). But since I don't want to enrage the sysadmin or have a JER> real slow page, I want to be able to cache this list in zope, and only JER> update it every hour or so. JER> The question then is : Could anyone suggest something to store this list JER> in? Preferably something which could accept the the list as it is, and be JER> able to return it in a way so that I could iterate over it and build my JER> webpage. I'm really not sure what would be the quickest/and or easiest. the built-in RAM-Cache-managers will do exactly this for you. Really quick , and really easy. http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/ZopeServices.stx Except.. It does not seem like RAM-Cache-managers can cache external methods.. :P you will have to set up a proxying script(python) just returning the list. You can then associate the script with a RAM-cache with a 1 hour timeout. -- Geir Bækholt geir@funcom.com Tools/HCI-developer Tools/Billing - Product Operations Funcom Oslo