static variables across HTTP calls

I am writing an application using the web toolkit and am trying to find a way of storing a package variable to preserve it's value between HTTP calls. Specifically I want to store a User ID from a login screen after clicking on the form submit button. I know that cookies can be used for this purpose but are not really suitable for my purposes since they are stored on the client and can be modified manually.

A possible solution might involve using some sort of 'current session id' type variable that would allow me to store the variable contents in a table with the session_id as key field though I don't know how to do this.

If anyone has any suggestions then I would be very grateful.

Thanks,
Pascal

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