bsddb.dbshelve problem unpickling objects from another directory

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Josiah,

I tried what you suggested and indeed it works perfectly! Thank you very
much for your help!

Berry

"Josiah Carlson" <jcarlson at nospam.uci.edu> schreef in bericht
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> > Thank you for your quick answer. But, this very much limits the way
> > persistent objects can be used. Objects can apparently only be used in
the
> > context they were created. There is a logic to this, but it is also
strange
> > to me. Is there a way that upickled objects can also be used outside
there
> > original context?
>
> I don't know.  If I were put into a situation like that, I'd probably
> just go and do this where necessary:
>
> import sys
> sys.path.append('<path to database module>')
>
> import testmodule
> #etcetera
>
>
> Sure, it mangles paths, but then everything has the same context and
> will work.
>
>   - Josiah