Re: [Tutor] Help with basic user-data file

2006-10-12 Thread Liam Clarke
Hi Asrarahmed, There's a few questions in there, and unfortunately I don't have a copy of your book. But I'll try to answer them, and I'll change the order so that they build on each other. >I am not sure of using time function in python.. Depending on what you're trying to do, the simplest w

Re: [Tutor] Help with basic user-data file

2006-10-12 Thread Rob Andrews
When a login name is being created, you can pull a list of existing login names from file, and run a check to see if it is in the list. If the new name is in the list, have it kick back a message telling the user to try another name. Also, your program could suggest a new user name in such a case,

Re: [Tutor] Help with basic user-data file

2006-10-12 Thread Asrarahmed Kadri
It means there is no need of entering the data in the dictionary,??   How will I then implement the uniqueness of loginnames???   Thanks for the support. regards, Asrar  On 10/12/06, Rob Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To keep the information, the simplest solution is simply to save it ina text

Re: [Tutor] Help with basic user-data file

2006-10-12 Thread Rob Andrews
To keep the information, the simplest solution is simply to save it in a text file that the program can load into memory when it starts up again. For sensitive information like passwords, a little extra fuss is generally merited. When someone logs in, you can save a value like time.strftime(time.c

[Tutor] Help with basic user-data file

2006-10-12 Thread Asrarahmed Kadri
Folks,   I am trying to modify the userManagement program given in Core Python Programming. It uses a dictionary to store user-password information. The usernames are the keys and the passwords are the values. Now I want is to add a third element; last login time. I want to store this information