set one, and then on the next request see if it's there. if it's not, then prompt them to enable them.
barneyb --- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Brook Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:58 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: The death of a session variable? > > > 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 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
