[Zope] REQUEST parameters needed throughout website

[Jens Vagelpohl]

IMHO handling this "elegantly" is pretty much impossible without using 
sessions.

jens


On Monday, Sep 9, 2002, at 08:38 US/Eastern, Stacy Roberts Ladnier 
wrote:

> The website we are building relies heavily on 'parameters' that are set
> throughout the site. A value entered in the first form on page 1 must 
> be
> persisted and retrievable from page 10, or any page for that matter. I
> have approximately 50 parameters I will have to keep for the life of a
> user's search. I DO NOT want to use the session to store the parameters
> in because this will cause problems if a certain course of action is
> taken. Is it possible for me to carry the REQUEST object from one page
> to another, while adding, changing, or even deleting some of the values
> it contains, for the life of a search? This REQUEST object will have to
> travel in and out of Python scripts, DTML Documents and Methods, and
> other objects. At certain times, I will want to retrieve one or more of
> the parameters to use the value or change it. When changed, I will need
> to place the new value in the REQUEST object. If I don't need a certain
> parameter in a certain place, I do not want to have to mess with it at
> all, and still have it remain in the REQUEST object and continue to be
> avaiable to the next page if necessary.
>
> Please understand I am very new to Zope. My company is trying to
> transition from Java and JSP to Zope and Python. I need to make sure I
> can handle this situation elegantly before proceeding. Any suggestions
> will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stacy
> <Stacy.Ladnier.vcf>