We developed exactly this a while back for our ClicVU advertising product and used a pixel to cookie and track the user (which is fairly common). We ended up building an apache module because cold fusion was not capable (v4.5) of setting a cookie on a redirect or setting a cookie when returning an image as the data for a .cfm page (if memory serves...). Not sure if 5 will do this. If you need to handle any volume, you will want to make it a module for the web server that maintains it's own DB pool and not use CF.
Justin > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Cassady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 2:26 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Cookie Management 3rd Party Site > > I've recently been tasked to create a system similiar to systems like > DoubleClick in tracking users (not the click-through). > > Basically: > (1)Client places some of our code in their web site > (2)Code triggers test of our cookie on visiting browser > (3)If not cookie, then set > (4)Read Cookie > (5)Trigger Database activity on our server to record unique > user ID (from > cookie) and website > > I'm a little lost on the type of code for our clients to > place on their > site. I'm assuming JavaScript, to run a script from our > server. That we then > set/read cookies and do database input. Not assuming any use > of the IFrame. > Do not need to send or set picture, though that may be > required to open up > the HTTP connection that allows us to set a cookied from our server. > > Does anybody have such code already developed, or knows of a > good set of > examples on the net, or in a book, that I may be able to access? > > Thank you for your time. > Stephen Cassady > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm 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
