you can/should also recover form submit data (useful when there are forms where users might spend a while, like bbs/forums) by storing those variables in a temporary variable space or even hidden on the login form itself; this way the user can pickup their form where they left off after logging in. you'll have to parse the url querystring manually though since i don't think there's a way to get the url variables in a list.
brendan avery 2.0 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310.779.2211 - santa monica, california > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 09:59 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Login forms > > > At 12:23 PM 01/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > So far I seem to be getting great responses, but > none seem to > >address the actual problem. I want the user to be sent to the page > >that he > >originally requested after logging in. It should not matter > what page > >he > >tried to get to. He should go to that page, not a page that is > >programmed > >statically into the login page. > > > You are correct, I didn't address that issue; I must have > missed it in > your original post. > The way I do this is to pass a 'locationID' or 'return' > variable through > the cflocation. After the user correctly logs in, use a > cfswitch to > point the user back to the page he originally came from. > > > If you are feeling might adventurous, or if there are too > many pages that > a user could hit for you to document, you can even pass the > template name > as a url variable and eliminate the cfswitch entirely after > the complete > login. A cgi variable can give you the template name: > cgi.Script_Name, for > instance. > > > > > -- > Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 > -- > Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > My Book: Instant ColdFusion 5 | http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > My New Book: ColdFusion: A Beginner's Guide February 2002 > -- > Far Cry Fly, Alternative Folk Rock > http://www.farcryfly.com | http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly > ______________________________________________________________________ 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=coldfusiona 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
