I've ran into this issue before and have found the best solution to detecting a county is by asking the customer for it via a modal window.
EXAMPLES http://www.xerox.com/ http://www.edmundoptics.com/ I know some people really like using geo-location, but I've found this method to be not always accurate. I've found in the US is usually more accurate than overseas. -----Original Message----- From: Tony Bentley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 5:41 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Detect users based on country??? Use a public geo-location service: <cfhttp method="get" URL="http://ipinfodb.com/ip_query.php?ip=#cgi.REMOTE_ADDR#"; result="response" /> Then use the response XML tree to extract the country or zip: <cfset xmmm = xmlparse(response.filecontent)> <cfset countryname = xmmm.response.countryname.xmltext> <cfif countryname neq "Canada"> <div id=price">#price#</div> </cfif> I wouldn't actually do it in this order because of the lag in http posts. I've had good luck with this method but it isn't perfect because web services can go down and then your checking system breaks. If the location service isn't working, then don't allow anyone to use the module you've built with the integrated geo-location service. Use cookies as you stated to keep from having to do this every time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339453 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
