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----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Tilbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 10:45 PM Subject: Re: CF and Hit Counter > Why is that? > > All you need to do is setup a datasource in the ColdFusion Administrator > and > set it as the default storage mechanism for client variables. CF takes ca > re > of the rest. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norman Elton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:50 PM > Subject: RE: CF and Hit Counter > > > > 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 ra > n > > the next part which is the code to look at the users IP and check for i > t > > 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
