I didn't mention this, but it's a non-persistent cookie and is gone when the browser is closed. So no need to worry about corrupting a cookie and it still being there next time the user logs in ;-)
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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrocknaphobia Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: RE: cookies / WDDX > Gyrus, > > Don't put it in a cookie. If you corrupt a user's cookie, they will hate > you forever. Every time they come back, the server will see it exists, > but it won't be able to get any data out of it. Which really sucks. You > really don't want to have to post detailed instructions on how to delete > a cookie either. > > The database CLIENT/SESSION variables are the best way to do it. > However, if you are coding blind, maybe you can just create some > temporary XML files, and store them on the server. It's not going to be > as responsive as the database, but it shouldn't be too bad. > > Good luck. > > Adam Wayne Lehman > Web Systems Developer > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > Distance Education Division > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gyrus [mailto:gyrus@;rooted.freeuk.com] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 4:34 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: cookies / WDDX > > > 6) set a cookie with the value of the WDDX packet using CFCOOKIE > > I'm worried about cookie limitations. I'm having to replicate another > form, > which seems quite large (well, 22 smallish parts). Also, there's a > system > for attaching text reminders to each part, plus info to store on whether > each part is completed or not. > > This is for one form - there'll be at least one more in the near future. > How > much can cookies handle?! > > I would plump for a datasource or session/client variables, but you know > how > it is, I've not been provided with information as to the set-up on the > destination site (the bit I'm doing is a small part of a large site), > and > I'm finding it really difficult to contact any with info! Groan. > > Gyrus > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > PGP key available > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
