[Zope] The persistent variable

[Chris Withers]

Børge Kjeldstad wrote:
> My question is then: Is properties maybe the easiest way to establish
> some "persistent variable"
> to play with in zope? (Sessions will until some more time unfortunately
> be to advanced for me.)

Given the context you've supplied by using words such as "Guest", I'd suggest 
sessions are the way to go.

> are stored in a MySql database. When  the user logs in, the application
> checks their user
> id and password 

How is this done?

> I know I should follow these advices, but until some more time, both
> Python, zpt and sql databases are
> unfortunately beyond my knowledge ;-)

Python and ZPT are much easier than DTML, you have been warned...

Chris