Hi, in my application ( the Project XP ) I use mod_perl. but I haven't yet found a good way of maintaining state between request cycles, using hidden fields and cookies. Is there ( I hope ) a better way to store the state of the client/server application between requests other than hidden fields and cookies?
HTTP is a state-less environment. Once the server serves the request it forgets about the client. There is no way for the server to positively be able to identify the client on the clients next visit. The only way that state can be maintained is for the client to present some token to the server (either in a cookie, or hidden field, etc) telling the server who it is. I'm pretty sure that there is no way around this.
Why does it bother you to use cookies or hidden fields?
-- Michael Peters Developer Plus Three, LP
