[Zope] Batches in ZPT: not stateful, yet...

Chris McDonough chrism@zope.com
21 Jan 2003 17:45:08 -0500


The state (batch_size, next_batch_start, etc.) is typically kept in the
query string.

- C


On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 17:35, Tom Emerson wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a question about batches in ZPT (and in <dtml-in>, for that
> matter.) Given the stateless nature of HTTP, how is the batch itself
> persisted across calls to display a portion of the batch? For example,
> if I get a database search returning several hundred (or thousand)
> rows, of which I display 50 at a time, I (or Batch) presumably needs
> to cache those values somewhere: or is it assumed that the sequence
> will be regenerated within the bounds set?
> 
> TIA,
> 
>     tree
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Chris McDonough <chrism@zope.com>
Zope Corporation