Ah yes Tony...but a WDDX packet containing a query object is just a string ;-)
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Weeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 1:08 PM Subject: RE: cookies / WDDX > complex data cannot be stored in a cookie. the best > way to handle it....client variables, that are stored in > a db or in the registry. I think you can store in the registry > like you store in a db. either way, I solved the same problem > you have by using a structure full of vars that are stored in session > variables while the user is active, and in client variables, while > the user is gone. > > ..tony > > Tony Weeg > Senior Web Developer > Information System Design > Navtrak, Inc. > Fleet Management Solutions > www.navtrak.net > 410.548.2337 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gyrus [mailto:gyrus@;rooted.freeuk.com] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 3:57 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: SOT: cookies / WDDX > > > I'm trying to build some multi-part forms that are supposed to store all > the > form data in cookies, so people can leave bits unfinished, come back at > a > later date and finish the form off. > > The forms aren't *massive*, but they're not small either - not entirely > sure > how much data could be stored, but I'm trying to find out some limits to > plan the project. > > It says in O'Reilly's JS Bible that web browsers don't store more than > 20 > cookies per domain and each cookie can't be more than 4 KB in size. Now, > 4 > KB is probably not enough to store ALL potential data - but 20 is not > enough > if I tried to store each *field* in a separate cookie. > > I've heard about WDDX being used to interact between CF and JS, but I've > not > used it before, and I can't think how it could overcome the above cookie > limitations. > > I'd be grateful if anyone had any more info on cookie limitations, or > ideas > about how to handle this situation (without a DB!). > > Gyrus > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > PGP key available > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
