OK, now that I know that, yes, using either would work. I prefer sessions for no other reason that I have used them more and they are as straight-forward as can be. Mark
Mingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To Store my Shopping Cart Items, I use DB. But the Billing and Shipping process is not vi straightforward. There are Several Billing/Shipping Options and they are relatively dynamic and inter-dependent and change depending upon user privileges. I can't query and Update evry single time User changes his needs. So I need some Temporary Storage Medium. So I thght of using Dictionary Object to store my Shipping/ Billing Options and Other business rule parameters instead of using Session Variables. Is it a good Idea? --- In [email protected], Mark E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A better option would be to use a database. This prevents the session from ending or the borwser closing and the customer loosing their order information. > > Mark > > Mingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am implementing the CheckOut process for an ASP Site. > > For storing the Temporary Data between Shipping/ Billing Forms, I was > thinking of using > Dictionary Object with Session Scope. Like > In Global.asa > <OBJECT Runat=Server ID="abc" ProgID="Scripting.Dictionary"> > > And then in Checkout Pages ....Store and Extract Info like abc.Add() , > abc.Item(). > > I can even Store the intermediate data using Session variables. I have read > that the Distionary Object is > better than Session Variables if you dont use in Application Scope. > > Please provide necessary guidance or any other way this can be done. > > Thanks, > Mingle > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspClassicAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> 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/
