How can I clear client variables.  I don't think it clear from what I have
seen.  For session I used structdelete.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Love" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:10 PM
Subject: RE: Client Variable Mix Up


> It could be many different things.  Developing apps with client
> variables
> can be very tricky.
>
> Here are some things to keep in mind.  Maybe one of them will point you
> in
> the right direction:
>
> - When using a DB to store client vars they are kept in a table called
> CDATA
> - Unless you say <cfapplication ... setClientCookies="no"> then CFID
> and
> CFTOKEN will be stored in cookies
> - If a CFID and CFTOKEN are specified in the URL string they will take
> precedence over the CFID and CFTOKEN in the cookies
> - If CFID and CFTOKEN are in the URL string and someone bookmarks the
> page
> then every time the bookmark is used the session will be resumed with
> the
> variables that existed when the page was bookmarked.
> - cookies max out at 4000 characters
>
> If someone bookmarks then gives the bookmark to a friend sessions can
> get
> mixed up.
>
> You may have queries that are written wrong which return multiple rows
> when
> you only expect them to return one.  This is an easy one to miss.  You
> think
> you have one row so you say ...myQuery.column... and it returns the
> first
> row - which may not have the data you need.  I've seen this screw up
> sessions before.
>
>
> +-----------------------------------------------+
> Bryan Love
>   Macromedia Certified Professional
>   Internet Application Developer
>   Database Analyst
> Telecommunication Systems
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> +-----------------------------------------------+
>
> "...'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may
> have
> peace'..."
> - Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil H. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:31 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Client Variable Mix Up
>
>
> For some reason I have an intranet site that everyone connects via
> their own
> IP address (no proxy).  During the course of the day peoples sessions
> will
> be mixed up.  Usernames which are found via client variables are linked
> to
> the wrong user.  I originally had it as session variables, changed them
> all
> to client variables in an access database and then changed it to SQL
> server.
>
> If you have any ideas PLEASE let me know this has been pulling my hair
> out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
>
> 
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