[ic] reading a session

[Stefan Hornburg]

Mathias Picker <mathiasp@venus.virtual-earth.de> writes:

> On 28 Aug, Mike Heins wrote:
> > Quoting Mathias Picker (mathiasp@venus.virtual-earth.de):
> > [...]
>  	$Tag->writefile("tmp/$Session->{id}.save", $sess_string);
> Well I needed
> 	Vend::util::writefile(....)
> 	
> > 
> > Then in your retrieve (which must be a Global usertag), do something like:
> > 
> > 	my $safe = new Safe;
> > 	my $sess_string = $Tag->file("tmp/$id_to_retrieve.save");
> > 	my $session_ref = $safe->reval($sess_string);
> 
> And what does this get me?? What is $session_ref, can I make it to my
> session, so route_order(...) works?

Perl code => String representation => File 
=> String representation => Perl code

$session_ref is as any other session.

> 
> > 
> > This disconnected-payment stuff is unreliable and is a real pain.
> > If the response is nearly real-time, you can pass the session in the
> > ID. Or you can set the session expire time higher.
> > [...]
> 
> How would I pass the session in an ID?? if its via the url: I can't do
> that :(

Why not ? If so, the system is not very communicative.

> 
> And, I thought I read the session would live for 24 hours? That would be
> long enough already.
>

This is configurable.

Ciao
        Racke

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