I have a question semi related. I am studying CF while I finish up school and was getting into how an e-commerce site works in terms of sessions and what not. In an e-commerce site, is it best to not use cookies at all? What is a good approach to an e-commerce site?
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 8:39 PM Subject: Re: Points of failure for session variables > If you're relying on cookies to implement session variables, then there are > a lot of ways that cookies can be blocked or otherwise not passed from > server to client or vise versa. Hardware firewalls, software firewalls, > proxy servers, browser settings are a few. Then there are issues at the > server end... clustering, load balancing. > > Jim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:30 PM > Subject: Points of failure for session variables > > > > Of course I've used system variables several times in the past, but never > in > > an application where their proper functioning is absolutely necessary, > until > > now. > > > > The application I'm building now relies heavily on session variables and > > will fail if variables are not properly passed. > > > > Of course, I'm using CFLock around all session variables (both read and > > write). > > > > Besides that, I'm wondering are their other problems to look and plan for? > > Is it possible that session variables will not work with some clients? If > > so, under what conditions. How do you plan for such possible failures? > > > > I just want to do my best to cover all of the bases here. > > > > H. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
