Sounds like you want something like threading.local It's not my area of expertise, but you may be able to pick up some hints on how to use it from http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookThreadlocalsAndUser
On Oct 27, 8:53 am, "William Battersea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm probably describing this poorly because I've never done this and I come > from a PHP background, but... > > Is there anyway that I can have some variable available to all the user > sessions without resorting to a database. > > E.g. I suppose I want a variable 'busy'. If any user initiates a piece of > code, it sets busy to 1, and when the process is over, it sets it to 0. If > another user attempts to initiate the process while busy is 1, some other > action is taken. > > I don't want to have to use a database to do this. > > And it might sound like a weird problem, but basically I have django > triggering a physically process with a microcontroller (via serial > communication). > > If I'm totally going about this the wrong way, please let me know. > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.10/1091 - Release Date: 10/24/2007 > 2:31 PM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---