> Because session variables are a much better choice for many reasons > that would take too long to describe. The developer's guide has more > information on this topic. The majority of CF sites use session > variables to track whether a user is logged in. There is also the > cflogin tag.
I've downloaded the Adobe PDF and looking up the cflogin tag. > A few other options exists that might be better suited for larger > organizations or places where security is very important. This site is not internal, it's a 'general membership' site and nothing sensitive is available so security is important to protect against non-users having access to journals and such. > If you go to cfadministrator you will see a bunch of storage > locations. Database storage is not the default choice because you > need to point it to a valid database table. CF administrator assists in > creating the storage database table. Cookies are a good backup choice > if you can't use a database table, but cookies are more limited and > are less secure. Ok, I didn't know you were referring to the server ... I thought you were referring to my own DB tables. (Which are always Access... at present I only do low-volume sites and apart from this cookie issue Access has made them far easier I think.) > It is done automatically behind the scenes. CF makes a database call > at the start of every page request and makes another database call to > write back any changes at the end of every page request. Nothing > would need to be changed in the code by changing where client variables are > stored. I see... then I will take this up with my host who has been quite helpful with this project - free plug for Brett at Yohost.com. > Nearly everyone chooses "no" for that attribute. Maybe change it to > "yes" temporarily to see if it has an impact on the problem. I can't reproduce it and it happens very infrequently (as far as I know). Thanks once again. I, anyone, everyone, is always grateful for a quick reply. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:5064 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
