Hello dev,
Kind Regards, Christopher Dawes Dawes International www.dawesinternational.com www.levelthirteen.net ------------------------- Your message on Saturday, September 21, 2002 1:02:23 AM, you wrote: AL> I've asked this question myself. Is there a perfect way to login, logout AL> etc? I don't think there is, it's all about compromise. AL> Ade AL> -----Original Message----- AL> From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] AL> Sent: 20 September 2002 16:01 AL> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AL> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie AL> I was wondering about people sending links to each other. SO your AL> suggestion is never to have a link in the site, always submit a form AL> from one page to another? That would be a bit of a pain to implement. AL> Is there any other way around this? AL> Giles Roadnight AL> http://giles.roadnight.name AL> -----Original Message----- AL> From: Paolo Piponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] AL> Sent: 20 September 2002 16:06 AL> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' AL> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie AL> That is right. However, mu advice would be to build a system that AL> carries AL> the cookie by form variables and NEVER uses cookies. URL variables are a AL> problem because people send links to each other. Cookies have problems AL> with AL> customer settings and also caching (of sorts). However relying on forms AL> would be annoying. AL> Paolo >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 20 September 2002 15:43 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie >> >> >> Client variables kind of use cookies don't they, CF knows >> that a set of >> client cookies applies if the client has the right cookie. But if the >> client is supplying a cftoken and cfid in the url through a favourite >> then we don't need the cookie, that's right isn't it? >> >> >> Giles Roadnight >> http://giles.roadnight.name >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Paolo Piponi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: 20 September 2002 15:43 >> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie >> >> We have generally avoided cookies in our systems. They can be >> a problem >> for >> users. >> >> Ironically, in one website we did use cookies, we got an abusive email >> from >> someone who came across the site complaining that he did not >> use cookies >> and >> would not use our services if we required cookies. >> >> Paolo >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > Sent: 20 September 2002 15:27 >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie >> > >> > >> > Thanks for that, I thought it was something along those lines. >> > >> > >> > Giles Roadnight >> > http://giles.roadnight.name >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Stephen Fernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > Sent: 20 September 2002 15:25 >> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie >> > >> > oops i forgot to mention that with client storage u can >> also choose to >> > store >> > the data in the actual cookies as well. >> > so basically u have more choice with client storage than with >> > cookies,�nd if >> > you choose db storage you can store much larger datasets. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Stephen Fernandez >> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:22 PM >> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie >> > >> > >> > with cookie variables the data is actualy stored in a cookie on the >> > users >> > machine >> > with client variables the cookie stores the unique id of >> the user and >> > the >> > cfserver stores the variables in a db (by default it uses >> the servers >> > system >> > registry) using the application name and users uniqueid as the key. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Giles Roadnight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:15 PM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Client Vs. Cookie >> > >> > >> > What exactly is the difference between client variables and cookie >> > variables? Previously I have used cookie but client seems >> > easier to deal >> > with. >> > >> > >> > Giles Roadnight >> > http://giles.roadnight.name >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ** Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > >> > This email has been scanned for viruses by NetBenefit using Sophos >> > anti-virus technology >> > >> > >> > >> > This email has been scanned for viruses by NetBenefit using Sophos >> > anti-virus technology >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ** Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > This email has been scanned for viruses by NetBenefit using Sophos >> > anti-virus technology >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ** Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ** Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ >> > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> -- >> ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> -- >> ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> AL> -- AL> ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ AL> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AL> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AL> For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AL> -- AL> ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ AL> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AL> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AL> For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
