It seems that there's no response to this question yet. I have met the same problem before, so I think it is time to offer my suggestion. I'm afraid that the only way to keep an object in RAM but not as a percistent object is to define the variable in a product's global space. I have used this technique to keep a open pipe in RAM. Of course, you have to define some method in the product in order to access the object from outside. There is another way, name the variable as _v_????, meaning "volatile", then the variable is not kept in ODB. But, the variable can only exist for a short period and then it will vanish automatically. Original post: From: "Hung Jung Lu" <hungjunglu@hotmail.com> To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Storing an object in RAM during Zope's up-time Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:29:14 PST Hi, How do I store an object in RAM during Zope's up-time? I don't want to store it as a persistent object. And I don't want it to disappear after a http transaction (so REQUEST variable is no good.) I would like to be able to create this object given a particular http transaction, and afterward I may want to modify it. This is a bit like session management data, but it's a piece of data that is shared by all sessions... regards, Hung Jung ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com