[Zope] Re: store dict in session

[Tres Seaver]

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Maciej Wisniowski wrote:
>> According to the zope book it should be possible to store dicts in session.
>> When I try to assign a dictionary to a ordinary zope 2 session, with
>> lists there is no problem. why?:
>  (...)
>> base.__name__ TypeError: can't pickle instancemethod objects )
> 
> Seems that you're assigning unpickable objects (instancemethod) to the
> session.
> Check what is (what types of objects) in your requestlist variable.
> Try to assign just {'key1':'val1'} to the session and see if this works.
> 
> Yur example works for me (in Script (Python) on Zope 2.8.8). Is this
> exactly the code you're using?

Another thing:  if your form includes file upload fields, you can't
stash the file handle (created by 'cgi.FieldStorage') in the ZODB (and
therefore, in a ZODB-backed session).


Tres.
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