post to the CC validation and have them return the validation in that
request. This way, you keep session info.
Pascal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 17:33
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Need to maintain session state after leaving and
> returning to site
>
> I have a cold fusion application that has been working for
> the last couple of years. It's a system that gathers airline
> reservation information, stores them in session variables,
> and then populate a database with the relevant reservation
> and ticketing information AFTER the authorized user has been
> authenticated by a login form.
>
> We are now in the process of extending the system to accept
> credit cards and serve the general public. Our credit card
> validating bank gave us a form to be included in our
> application. That form encrypts the data, posts the
> information to a page on their site, and returns an
> authentication code to a specific page on our page. Based on
> a valid authentication code, we'd continue our processing or
> abort the process. Everything works fine up to this point.
> However, we have found that all our session information is
> lost when we receive a response from the bank.
>
> I've since confirmed this behavior by submitting a form to an
> offsite page and then have it return to my site.
>
> I'm thinking that Cold fusion treats this as a new session
> since the request is effectively coming from another client.
> I need all the information that was previously captured but I
> would rather not start storing anything in my database until
> I can validate the credit card information. What are my
> options? Is there anyway around the session information being reset?
>
> The following is the CFForm section of the posting form.
> The address on my machine is 192.168.26.220.
>
> <cfform action=""> > method="POST"
> name="frmPayment">
>
>
> The following is the complete TicketPaymentRedirector.cfm
> template. All is does is redirect back to my machine
>
> <cflocation
> url=""> > 6778&TN=456">
>
>
> At the top of PaymentConfirm.cfm, I check the session
> variables I had set in previous pages and they are all gone.
>
>
>
>
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