I think the product catalog is in the application scope, not the individual shopping carts.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Moretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Dealing with inventories > > > > I am trying to figure out how to deal with updating the inventory in a > > shopping cart. I create (only if it doesn't already exist) an application > > scoped array within a CFLOCK populated by looping over a query. As users > add > > items, I update the quantities in the that array. What I can't figure out > is > > how to deal with abandoned shopping carts - how do I update the inventory > > back to the real value? > > > > Stas, > > Personally I would use session or client variables for the cart rather than > the application scope. Using the application scope, if you have a cart > variable/structure called say "cart" everyone on the site would use the same > cart. If you use session or client variables, then each user has their own > cart and you don't have the problem of dealing with multiple users using one > cart. On a busy site you could quite easily and quickly wind up with > timeout/deadlock issues using the application scope. > > With regards updating the inventory, again personally I would only take > items off of the inventory when the user hits the last button on the check > out and their order is confirmed at that point. As Robert has just > suggested.... > > hope that helps... > > Stephen > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb 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
