Is there a way to detect if the Session Cookies are blocked and ask the user to enable them?
Brook At 04:46 PM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Richard, > >Is this happening in IE6? In this version, the default setting is to block >all session cookies, unless the website has a programatic privicy policy >or the user specifically adds the web domain to the privicy list. In other >words the session cookie is never set! > >Keep in mind session cookies (CFID and CFTOKEN) are stored as a cookie on >the client's machine. The client uses this information to pull the session >variable. > >So, this is not a Cold Fusion problem, but rather the way IE handles >cookies. The workaround (other than using client variables) is to attached >CFTOKEN and CFID into every URL and form-- this will bypass this issue and >provide Cold Fusion with a method to look up session variables. > >Jeremy Brodie > > >Recently, we've discovered that if someone logs in to our website in IE, > >then goes ahead and clears out their cache and cookies while logged in, > >they will never again be able to log in to our website. I'm pretty sure > >that this has something to do with the way that we use our session > >variables to track students, but I'm not sure. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
