Al, your solution is good, except for one thing: what do you do if the user leaves the application at step2? You will have in DB all the items the user checked, but they are no longer necessary....
Emilia -----Original Message----- From: Albert L. Sapp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: vrijdag 9 juni 2006 16:20 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: best way to send parameters through more requests Emilia Ipate wrote: > Hello, all! > > Is there a solution besides using session, to send some request > parameters from one request to another? > I would like to implement something like a shopping cart (a > functionality which needs about4-5 steps) and I do not want to store > the objects in the session (it is alread too big)! > > So, do you have any ideas? > > > Kind regards, > Emilia > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emilia, Wanted so what everyone had to say before I dropped in my 2 cents. The only thing we keep in session is the userID and the unitID for where they are shopping. This happens in step 1. In step 2, we query the db to see if they already have shopping cart items from a previous trip to the storeroom. This step is repeated over and over again as they add items to their cart. They can add, delete or update an item from this jsp and are always returned to it. Finally in step 3, they say ok check me out and we collect the account information we need, create the accounting transactions, update stock levels, remove the shopping cart items and give them a chance to print out a listing of their purchases. The 2 session attributes are cleared and we go back to the jsp where the next person enters their userID. 3 steps with one of them being repeated. We went with the db approach because we had to try and capture the items a person said they were taking in case they give a invalid account or simply get too rushed and leave without completing the shopping process. Believe me, that happens more than we like. I hope this was helpful. Al --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
