I haven't used cookies directly. I would personally store this in the
database and mark each record with the session id. This then allows
you to analyse abandoned carts etc.
Paul
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I do the same. I create an order record and store the order_id in a session.
The first thing I do in any action is look for the id in the session. If it's
not there, go back to the start. If it's there, do some some stuff, reading
from the db if appropriate. This means I can process an order
