From: Alexandre Hudelot <alexandre.hudelot@...>
Date: 2006-08-27T20:54:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Referencing an object through it's id string.


Thanks for the information!

David Vallner wrote:
> Alexandre Hudelot wrote:
>> Hello, how does one set a pointer to foo using an id string obtained 
>> through foo.object_id for instance?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
> 
> Considering that object ids are only valid throughout one interpreter
> run... I'm curious: why pass around the object id instead of the object
> itself?
> 
> David Vallner


I'm having trouble passing an object reference from a template (a form) 
to a controller method, what I've managed to return is the object's id 
string.

I'm guessing there's a better way of doing this?

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