session scope is perfectly valid in this case, either by requiring the form to be submitted or by using AJAX to autosave form fields when they change. You just need to make sure the data is saved before opening a new window. Alternately you could just pass the values to the new window via Javascript on on the URL as a querystring.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM, funand learning <funandlrnn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. I got my scenario wrong I guess. So when the user > select a year say '2000' and proceeds to next page to see some data for that > year. then he clicks 'ctrl + n' to open new window. and now he wants to > select a different year say 2003 and want to see 2003 data. The purpose for > new window is to compare 2000 and 2003 data. > > I see that session scope/client scope are not valid in this type of case. > Any thoughts? > > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Steve 'Cutter' Blades < > cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com> wrote: > >> >> C'Mon Claude, store a 4 character value to the db, and hit the db for >> that value every time a session starts? Just use the cookie. If there's >> a lot of info, then sure, but don't add unnecessary overhead if you >> don't have to. >> >> Steve 'Cutter' Blades >> Adobe Community Professional >> Adobe Certified Expert >> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer >> ____________ >> http://cutterscrossing.com >> >> >> Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 >> >> https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book >> >> "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" >> >> >> On 9/18/2011 5:44 PM, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9egans wrote: >> > >> I will need the values >> > to be available for multiple browsers. I mean, the user might want to >> open a >> > new browser using 'CTRL + N', >> > >> > This is actually not a new "browser", but a new window in the same >> browser. >> > Session variables are available in any window of the same browser. >> > >> > There is no need to save variables in a cookie, session is already >> maintained through an id in a cookie. >> > If you need to use the same variables across sessions, you will need to >> save them in the database, set a cookie with some user id. With this id, you >> can retreive the variables from the database. >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347517 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
