If you are using a data base for client variables they also work well for shopping carts. If you're writing client variables to the registry... no no.
I've used client variables for shopping carts with a simple CFID and that worked well. Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive services Austin & Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 T : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 F : 631.434.7022 www.austin-williams.com Great advertising can't be either/or... It must be &. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Where is cfcookie stored? > Hmmm.... So if a cfcookie is used for a shopping cart id, and > the user's browser crashes, they lose their shopping cart? > However if I use the expires attribute, it's written to disk > immediately and thus preventing that scenario? Yes to both questions. However, the likelihood of the user's browser crashing is probably lower than the likelihood that they won't accept persistent cookies. I would recommend the use of nonpersistent "session" cookies. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306184 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
