You certainly don't want to store the price in a cookie unless you want people to be able to buy things for whatever price they want.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:bryan@;electricedgesystems.com] > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 6:36 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: WDDX/XML > > Hey All, > > I'm looking at options for building a mini shopping cart (mini meaning it > will not hold more than say 5 items). I do not want to use SESSION > variables, so I need a method of passing arrays or structures between > pages. > > One method I thought about was using a specially delimited list stored in > a > cookie to hold the items (each line item seperated by | and each element > of > each line item seperated by something else). So position 1 in each line > item would hold quantity, position 2 would hold price etc. (i.e. 2^5|5^10 > would read "2 line items...first one with a quantity of 2 and a price of > 5...second line item with a quantity of 5 and a price of 10). Being that > there would never be a large amount of line items, the storga capacity of > a > cookie wouldn't be an issue. > > The above would work, but it's a tad kludgy for my liking. > > So, I'm looking for some WDDX/XML related solutions that might do the same > thing. > > Requirements: > Must work with Win2K running CF 5 > > Thanks in advance for any help. Let me know if I can clarify anything ;-) > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > t. 250.920.8830 > e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Macromedia Associate Partner > www.macromedia.com > --------------------------------------------------------- > Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group > Founder & Director > www.cfug-vancouverisland.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
