Oh yeah, and you can pass url parameters to that image as well... So let's say you send an email to employeeid 145.
You can add a parameter the the src of the gif file in the html email you send him as such: <img src="http://www.myserver.com/image.cfm?id=145";> Then in the source... Of image.cfm, something like this appears: <cfcontent file="foo.gif" type="application/whatever"> <cfquery datasource="#application.ds#"> insert into someTable (employeeid, date) values (#val(url.id)#, getdate()) </cfquery> -----Original Message----- From: Costas Piliotis Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: web beacons Easy. <cfcontent file="foo.gif" type="application/whatever"> <cfquery datasource="#application.ds#"> ...tracking query here... </cfquery> You include the image, and some server-side code to process it. Done it a few times... -----Original Message----- From: sebastian palmigiani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: web beacons Yahoo is using something called web beacons. Can anyone simply explain how a single pixel gif is used as a web beacon. http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html Sebastian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
