For your 'think for a long time' example, I'd suggest you look at using javascript and cookies. In Blogger, for example, while you're posting a message, the system tells your browser to save the form's contents to a cookie every few seconds. So if your browser crashes and you go back to blogger, you get the 'saved' post back.
In case you're wondering, I currently use BlogCFC, but I've been a blogger for almost 5 years now, and originally I had my blog on Blogger, long before it was purchased by Google. On 12/31/06, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi, i am just configuring my system to handle timeouts for the first time. > > i was just wondering if i could get some opinions on the best way to do > this, or how most of the experts do it. > > specifically, i was wondering how to deal with data that needs to be > saved. my system has some features that require the user to think about > their input, maybe for some time so i was thinking that i should set the > timeout to about an hour. but if they extend this time is there a way to > automatically save the data they have not saved before it logs them out. do > i put the save code in the timeout code in the application .cfc? > > i would appreciate any general opinions or advice regarding handling > timeouts just so i can get a grasp on how you guys handle it. > > thanks very much for any help > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:265418 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
