[ic] Re: creating a temporary page variable

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mike@perusion.com writes: 

> Quoting Jeff Dafoe (jeff@badtz-maru.com):
>> >  [tmp some_scratch] something [/tmp]
>> >
>> > it goes away after the current page. 
>> 
>>     I think the tag reference is wrong.  It says for tmp: 
>> 
>> "Sets a scratch variable to value, but at the end of the user session the
>> Scratch key is deleted"
> 
> That is actually correct. I don't know where your confusion lies... 
> 
>> 
>>     That is what confused me.  I went ahead and made a note in the online
>> reference to reflect the information you provided.  Thanks for the
>> additional information, as I was also wondering about the lifetime of
>> variables used in embedded perl. 
>> 
> 
> All variables in IC, except for ones stored in the user session,
> last only for that page. Even if you set $Config, which you actually
> see quite frequently, it will return to the catalog.cfg value on
> the next access.

The grand exception is $Variable, where changes are persistent even
across sessions, so if you change a variable for one customer, the
next will get the changed value in another session. 

Bye
     Racke 

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