This would be possible! But a client side applet would need to be installed and running on the users client on start up, Constantly looking at http requests from the tcp/ip stack (I think!), if the request contains what you specify start compiling your statistics, once the request changes or the browser shuts down send your data along the http request to your server db to update the user.
Obviously a connection to the internet would need to be maintained to send the data, otherwise the data would need to be stored until the connection is renewed. If the user shut down the applet the information would never get tracked. The applet would need to be wrote in C, C++, Java or VB. Issues of security come to mind, the user would have to agree to such an applet running on their pc, you could be doing something else unaware's to them. Our software developers are working on such an applet at the moment for an application, the applet would effectively tell us the website has gone to sleep, meaning browser closure, or change of http request. Its tricky though, as they are linking in to other dll's in order to get the applet to run correctly. jmc .. .. .. -----Original Message----- From: Tangorre, Michael T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 3:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Datestamp Is there a way to insert a datestamp into a SQL Server DB when the user closers their browser or goes to a different site? I am tyring to get a timestamp when the user leaves the site either by closing the browser down, going to a new site, or a session timing out. Is this possible? Michael T. Tangorre ============================ Resident Assistant - Brick Web Applications Developer A.U. Webteam Slave :-) AIM: CrazyFlash4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
