Thanks to everyone for their replies and input. To clarify, both domains (the secure and non-secure) are housed on the same physical server. The method I am trying now is akin to the WDDX solution, and should work.
Again, thanks to everyone for their insight. I appreciate this list being such a good resource. :) Andrew --- Jordan Gouger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andreux, > > As was mentioned earlier, WDDX is a good method for > accomplishing this, but perhaps you might want to > consider storing the information in cookies. One of > the main drawbacks to using session variables is > that they are server dependent and are difficult to > scale across multiple servers. > > You might want to take a look at Ben Forta's > Advanced Cold Fusion Developer series. He talks > about sharing session information among multiple > servers in there. > > Jordan > > andreux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy all, > > I have developed a basic shopping cart which, for > speed issues (to avoid reads from the db), keeps the > shopping cart information (items in cart, etc) > within > Session variables under the site's main domain. > (Let's > say www.xyz.com) > > When the shopper goes to check out, the client wants > the checkout form where they enter their credit card > info to be secured by SSL. Because you have to map > SSL > certificates by ip/port rather than hostname/ip/port > like non-secure sites, the solution which we've come > up with is to have the user hop onto our main SSL > cert > for the checkout page (using a virtual directory for > the secure website) so that the checkout form's > address is something like: > https://www.securesite.com/xyz. > > The obvious problem is that I need the Session > structure to carry over to the secure page for use. > Obvious workarounds include writing the shopping > cart > to the database, but that eliminates the advantage > of > storing the info in Session variables. > > Has anyone experienced this kind of scenario, and if > so, what problems/workarounds have you come up with > to > "share" Session variable information across multiple > domains? > > Any insight, allegories, or suggestions would be > most > appreciated. There is a time crunch on this project > and I need a workaround relatively soon. > > Thanks in advance, > Andrew Matthews __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. http://personals.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
