You could also pass it as the path_info for the url if you wanted to make it somewhat
more discrete. The eagle book also has a good section on session ids.
Nigel Hamilton wrote:
> HI Jitesh,
>
> I do exactly the same thing ... but I pass session variables using a
>combination of methods.
>
> Inserting a hidden field into subsequent pages:
>
> <input type = "hidden" name = "sessionid" value = "1232139102831">
>
> Or you could append the sessionid to a URL:
>
> http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/yourcgi.pl?sessionid=1232139102831
>
> Failing that, you could create a hidden frame (i.e., size = 0) and store the
>sessionid in a Javascript variable:
>
> <form onSubmit = "this.action = this.action + '?sessionid=' +
>parent.hiddenframe.sessionid;">
>
> The javascript will append the sessionid when the form is submitted.
>
> You might choose the third option if you wanted to keep the sessionid
>semi-secret and you only need to access the session variable some of the time.
>
> NIge
>
>
> Nigel Hamilton
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