I went ahead with the cookie method via javascript, which fires off when the user clicks the "Submit" button. Seems to be a good ballpark estimate of how long the process took. It never needed to be spot-on, just an estimate. Works out just fine. Thanks for all the great ideas!
Munson, Jacob wrote: >> >>How about a hidden form field that gets populated with the current >> date/time >> on form submission? Then you could parse it and compare it >> to Now() on your >> action/upload page. >> >> Except that the field will contain the client side time, which can be >> completely different from the serve time. > > On that note, don't forget that it takes time to fill out the form. > Even if it's just a simple file upload form, it might take the user a > couple of minutes to find the file. If your start time was created by > ColdFusion, you're going to have some 'user lag' in the overall upload > time. The best solution I've heard mentioned is to use a simple ajax > call to get and/or store a time value that comes from the server, and > then compare to that when CF loads the landing page. Some good places > to store the start time have already been mentioned. > > > -------------- > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:242584 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
