If you store your client variables in a database instead of the registery (default), you can put just about as much as you want in there.
I think you are correct about the strings... something to look into! Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign > we recently converted our entire product to client vars since we needed to > move into a clustered servers. > > But only limitation that I know of is the type and size of the data you are > storing. > > I beleive you can not do any type of structures or arrays as client > varibles. Only strings or Int. > > matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:45 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Client Variables vs. Session Variables > > > Nope, single server ... it is a distributed app that is currently using > Session variables ... and most people who use it are on shared servers and > such ... I just really like the client variables for a shopping cart so the > cart can hang around .. the session variables timeout ... but I just am > curious as to why some would use one over the other in a basic setup. > > Paul Giesenhagen > QuillDesign > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:51 PM > Subject: RE: Client Variables vs. Session Variables > > > > are you in a clustered server configuration? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:35 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Client Variables vs. Session Variables > > > > > > Which and why would you prefer either one of these to hold shopping cart > > information. > > > > Curious as to reason why one over the other. > > > > Thank you > > Paul Giesenhagen > > QuillDesign > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
