Hi Vic, Definitely life would be easier, but I don't think it's as good :-)
Thanks though, Brian -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vic Cekvenich Sent: 21 August 2003 02:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Shopping cart best practices - Cookie, HttpSession or DB I think you'd make your life easier if your required login. .V Brian McSweeney wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick question. I want to implement a shopping cart. I know this has > been done a million times in a million open source projects however I > have a few questions, and seeing as everyone in here seems so > knowledgeable. > > What I'd like: > > 1) User can add to shopping cart without having to check in. (checkout > requires login). > > 2) User can leave the site and un-checked out shopping cart data will > remain. > > The options I have to implement the shopping cart: > > a) Cookies - satisfies 1 and 2, but assumes user doesn't turn off > cookies > > b) HttpSession object - satisfies 1, but not 2 > > c) Database shopping cart object - satisfies 2, but not 1. > > I'd like to know, > > a) am I basically correct with these assumptions. > b) What would people recommend based on their experience. > c) any struts open source project that might have this? > > Thanks very much, > Brian > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
