http://simonwillison.net/2009-06-19T21:57:36+00:00Simon Willison2009-06-19T21:57:36+00:002009-06-19T21:57:36+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jun/19/caktus/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2009/06/19/towards-a-standard-for-django-session-messages/#comment-219">Towards a Standard for Django Session Messages</a></strong></p> I completely agree that Django’s user.message_set (which I helped design) is unfit for purpose, but I don’t think sessions are the right solution for messages sent to users. A signed cookie containing either the full message or a key referencing the message body on the server is a much more generally useful solution as it avoids the need for a round trip to a persistent store entirely. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cookies">cookies</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flash">flash</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/messages">messages</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sessions">sessions</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/signedcookies">signedcookies</a></p>