So long as you realize that session variables typically rely on cookies (you'd have to use the SetClientCookies=no attribute of CFApplication - I believe that's what it's called). By default, ColdFusion handles this without you knowing it. There are techniques to use session/client variables without cookies, but it's not as easy!
Norman Elton College of William & Mary -----Original Message----- From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 8:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: CF and Hit Counter Hi all, I am in the process of writing a hit counter app in java, but in the meantime, I have thrown a little something together in CF and wanted to get some feedback on it. I have a SQL Server backend to this site and what I do is in the application.cfm page, I check for the existence of a variable called session.visitor. If it exists, it means that the application already ran the next part which is the code to look at the users IP and check for it in a table in my DB... if there is a match it sets the variable session.visitor again, and if no match is found it adds a record and then sets the variable. Is there anything wrong with the way I do this?...is there a more efficient way? Just so you know, I am unable to use cookies on this site. Mike ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc 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
