Yes, you can set session (non-persistent) cookies - they're in memory but are not written to the client's hard drive. The cookies go away when you close all the browser windows.
In cfapplicaion use setclientcookies="No" then use <cfcookie> to set cookies with no dates, which makes then non-persistent- example: <cfcookie name="CFID" value="#client.CFID#"> Chris Norloff ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Greg McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 20:26:19 -0600 >I do want to use cookies, but I don't want them written >to the hard drive, it should be in memory only. > >I had found a snippet somewhere that said if you did not set >the cookie with an expiration time the cookie would disappear >when the browser was closed. > >Something like this: <cfcookie name="xxx" value="yyy"> > >Does it really work or is this one of those Urban Web Myths? > >Greg M > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:50 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: cfapplication and cookies > > >>This is probably a complex simple question, but here goes. >> >>What settings do I need to put into cfapplication to accomplish the >>following? >> >> No Cookie written to the Browswer >> Client Variables Stored in a Database > > >1. SETCLIENTCOOKIES="No" >2. CLIENTSTORAGE="myDatasource" (make sure you set the tables up via CF >Admin) > >I'm also assuming you know that since you won't be setting cookies, you will >have to manually pass the CFID/CFTOKEN value in the URL string to maintain >state. > >Regards, >Dave. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
