On 6/26/05, Will Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Sessions don't vanish into thin air, silly. The problem that you're > >having is that page 1 loads being aware of your session and page 2 > >tries to load being unaware of the session. So you need to figure out > >what is the difference between the two pages. I'm looking at things > >like the cookies to figure out if something is funny. > > I'm thinking about what's up between the two browsers. FF works fine, IE and > Netscape don't.
The differences between IE and FF are an unknown. You have control over the files, so you can tell the differences between page 1 and page 2. You also have control over debugging information. If you can't have debugging on for your IP, you can dump the session periodically through the request and see where something funny happens. You can't debug software that isn't yours. You have to identify where and how exactly it goes wrong before you can assign blame. > >In the meantime, I noticed something else. If I add 1 item to my bag I > >get a "checkout" button. If I add 2 I get a "continue shopping" > >button. I have only gotten the error if I have clicked the "continue > >shopping"button. This has either just been fixed or it only happens > >under certain circumstances for reasons below. This happens in both browsers, by the way, and the behavior is consistent for each new session. This is not correct behavior although it's not the problem taht you are looking into now. However, if you look into it you may see a problem in the code that could cause this. > >On a related note, the bag is cleared on out the page where I enter my > >customer info, so if I click an item button to go back to the shopping > >area without entering my info, I no longer have anything in my bag. It > >seems like you are clearing out the cart at the wrong place. The cart > >should only clear after I submit that page and confirm my order. > > Yeah this doesn't make any sense. I'm not clearing anything out until final > processing. It's doing it on its own. What exactly is "it?" The code? The browser? The session? ColdFusion? Java? The voodoo spell on the CPU? Code isn't magic. This happens consistently on the same pages, on the same links. Regardless of which browser does or does not have the problem, it happens under known circumstances. You need to figure out the exact nature of the circumstances. Even if it is a problem with one of the browsers, you are never going to find it by trying to find out every problem with IE. You aren't even guaranteed that IE is a problem as opposed to Firefox. If you've somehow set the cookie to "" and Firefox doesn't let you, you will have the same problem but it's not IE that's behaving badly. You've told us how to recreate the problem and we can. It's consistent. It's predictable. I know that you're frustrated by asking what the problem is with IE isn't going to get you anywhere. I'd vote for a drink too. :) Sometimes you have to stop thinking about it and clear your head and stop stressing before you can realize what the problem is. -- "disassemble -- that means not tell the truth." USA President George W. Bush Now blogging.... http://www.blivit.org/blog/index.cfm http://www.blivit.org/mr_urc/index.cfm?sectionid=2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:210561 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
