And if you are in doubt, just wrap every url in your app with the URLSessionFormat() function (if you are on CF7) and that will automatically do the job if cookies are off and leave the URL alone if they are on.
On 12/14/06, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just a quick question. When is it necessary to pass the > > session information for a user in the URL as that user > > navigates a site? If I remember correctly, some of this > > depends on whether cookies are enabled on the browser and > > whether J2EE session variables are enabled. Can anyone give > > me a quick primer on this or point me in the right direction? > > If you cannot rely on cookies to ensure that every request contains a > session token, you must ensure that the session token is passed some other > way for every request, whether that request is triggered by a link, a form > submission, or a client- or server-side redirect. > > This doesn't have anything to do with J2EE sessions vs CF sessions. However, > J2EE session cookies are nonpersistent by default, so they are more likely > to be accepted by browsers. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264030 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

