>Some notes: no, you don't generally use cflock or cfcookie with client
>variables. Adding these to your code are unlikely to solve the
>problem.

Ok, so when/why does one use client variables? I used them because every piece 
of documentation I had said that's what you use to track variables between 
pages (if you won't want to use sessionID/token and such in the url.

>If you are using client variables to track whether a user is logged
>in, you may wish to reconsider. I would not recommend doing this.

Ok, can you explain why? (I would have to rework the entire site to change it.)

>I wouldn't store client variables in a cookie

I don't know how else to store them... the server does that automatically. When 
I create the site all the docs I read said they were stored in memory which was 
my main reason to use them (to avoid cookies altogether).

>unless there is a good
>reason why the site isn't storing them in a database.

I don't know how that would work... you make a DB inquiry on each page? (how do 
you know what record belongs to each user?)

>The first thing you might check is whether the URL switches from
>www.site.com to site.com, or some similar switch in the URL, which is
>the most common reason a cookie value can be lost. 

oh! I had no idea about that ... I'll look into that.

>Another common
>reason is using cflocation on a page that sets a cookie value, which
>was more of a problem in older versions of CF.

Well, when I use CFlocation I think I always choose "no" for the token options.

Thank you for your help... I hope it won't be too much time for you to reply.



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