What??? Are you advocating that we should spend say �200 on 1GB of RAM instead of getting someone to spend a few days coming up with an slower alternative by storing that sort of information in the DB?
Harumph! How's a cowboy programmer supposed to make a living these days? ;-) Spike Stephen Milligan Team Macromedia - ColdFusion Co-author 'Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Intranets and Content Management' http://spikefu.blogspot.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Martin [mailto:steve.martin@;sequence.co.uk] > Sent: 06 November 2002 18:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Online Users > > > By who's criteria? > The session scope is there for storing login information of > this nature. Slam in some RAM if you feel that your server > can't cope. 600 users is a pretty teeny weeny small number by > any server's standards. > > My usual advice is to avoid trying to come up with esoteric > software engineering solutions to workaround physical > constraints when such constraints can be overcome by spending > 50p on some more memory. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > > [mailto:Neil.Robertson-Ravo@;csd.reedexpo.com] > > Sent: 06 November 2002 17:12 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Online Users > > > > > > well,, after a quick check, the amount of users within the > > system could be > > 600+ at anyone time..... > > > > bit big for the session scope?! > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Martin [mailto:steve.martin@;sequence.co.uk] > > Sent: 06 November 2002 16:44 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Online Users > > > > > > I just store login information in the session scope which > > takes care of > > flushing itself when the timeout is reached. Why > specifically are you > > storing such information in a db? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > > > [mailto:Neil.Robertson-Ravo@;csd.reedexpo.com] > > > Sent: 06 November 2002 16:31 > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Online Users > > > > > > > > > This is a no brainer and I must be having a brain fart.... > > > > > > We have an online table which holds records for each user > > > logged onto the > > > system after login. > > > These rows have a date logged on etc, and indeed this works > > > well when the > > > user signs off as expected (as this removes the rows in question) > > > > > > however, what process do you guys have in place when a user > > > does NOT sign > > > off and simply closes the browser and does not return for > a few days > > > later...? > > > > > > It means that they remain 'online' in the DB...... > > > > > > What do you guys have in place... any ideas? > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > -- > > > ** 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] > > > -- ** 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]
