Is there a message (comments) in here I am missing?? -----Original Message----- From: Asad Khan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 10:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFID-CFTOKEN Major Issues. HELP!!!!
>> I am having a huge problem right now, I have an application where I >> am using CFID/Cftoken as part of URL parameter. They are currently >> being maintained in the registry. > >As an aside, you really don't want to store client data in the >registry. Use a database instead. > >> What is the underlying cause of it? > >CFID and CFTOKEN are used to uniquely identify a client. If two clients >use the same values, they will appear to be the same client from your >application's perspective. > >> If I change the session management parameters though the CF >> Administrator to use cookies, is there other major work (code >> re-write) I need to do, since the application has been developed >> using cfids/cftokens in the URL. > >There is no session management parameter in the CF Administrator to let >you use cookies instead of URL parameters. Within the CF Administrator, >you can specify whether session management is enabled, what the default >and maximum timeouts are, and in CFMX, whether you use J2EE or CF session tokens. > >If you're talking about client management, there is an option to use >cookies to store the actual client data. This is somewhat independent >of whether you use cookies or URL parameters as client tokens. > >If your application is specifically looking for URL.CFID and >URL.CFTOKEN, you would need to rewrite your code if those variables >didn't exist. You could probably just set URL.CFID equal to >Client.CFID, and URL.CFTOKEN equal to Client.CFTOKEN, within Application.cfm as a relatively easy workaround. > >> OR >> >> Can I set the addtoken=no in the cflocation and prevent the tokens >> from being append to URL.. If yes, are there any major >> repercussions. Will this work. > >If you didn't specifically disable cookies, they probably are being >set, in which case you can (usually) disable setting them in the URL. >Check to see if cookies are being set. > >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! > >This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279065 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
