Thanks Adrian. That's what I suspected but wasn't sure. I keep up with this group and I KNOW you guys are quite knowledgeable and many miles/years ahead of my level. I want y'all to know that I appreciate your being willing to answer beginner stuff too.
Thanks again, Pam > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adrian Forbes - > ITD > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 3:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ASP] Little Question > > > Anything you want to "remember" between page visits can be stored in a > cookie. For example the most common is when a user logs on to > your system. > They provide a username and password and you look up their user > ID based on > that. If it exists they have logged on and you stored the user ID in the > session > > Session("UserID") = userID > > On any page that you want to ensure the user is logged on you can see if > this value exists. Or if that user does something like add an > item to their > shopping basket you have their UserID already to store in your database. > > The session data is all stored on the server so can't be seen or > amended by > the client, however the session ID is stored as a cooking on the client so > that the correct session for that user can be accessed by ASP. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/17folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [email protected] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
