I use CF Webstore which stores shopping cart data in a database table. I think this is more customer-friendly since average mortals don't want to be troubled by session expiration.
-----Original Message----- From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Shopping Cart Theory I'm building a small shopping cart for a client - seems quicker to go from scratch than try to wrestle something already built back into our specific needs. Although I've done a couple of these, I was just wondering... What would the rest of you consider the optimal way to store items before checking out? Session var with an array? A temporary "holding database" for the items with just a UUID Session Var to keep up with the owner? I'm leaning towards the array in a session var - but this is on a shared server and I've seen sessions time out unexpectedly before, which wouldn't be good ("where'd all my stuff go???"). Anybody else? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:288582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
