Shopping cart question

"Isofarro" <spamblock DeleteThis @spamdetector.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Prime Services Ltd wrote:
 >
  > > I'm starting to look at the "add to cart" feature now and trying to come
  > > up with ways of making storing values for retreival in a cart.....
  > > I've been thinking of using cookies to do this, but not every browser
has
  > > them enabled.....
  > > Has anyone got any alternative suggestions?
 >
 >
 > First, don't store actual information in the cookie. Just store a session
id
 > which on the server allows you to retrieve the data from a database using
 > that session id.

Yeah, I was just going to store the order code and quantity in the cookie,
and retreive the rest of the information for the cart from the DB

 > Another option is URL munging - storing a session ID within the page URL.
 > Amazon does this, so does macromedia.

I think this could be the route I need to take.
I had considered setting up anther DB to hold orders, which would get
cleared out once the order was retreived, but I'm not sure if hsi is a good
idea or not. Again, it woudl just hold the order code, quantity and users IP
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Prime Services Ltd wrote:

 >
 > "Isofarro" <spamblock DeleteThis @spamdetector.co.uk> wrote in message
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  >> Prime Services Ltd wrote:
  >>
   >> > I'm starting to look at the "add to cart" feature now and trying to
   >> > come up with ways of making storing values for retreival in a cart.....
   >> > I've been thinking of using cookies to do this, but not every browser
 > has
   >> > them enabled.....
   >> > Has anyone got any alternative suggestions?
  >>
  >>
  >> First, don't store actual information in the cookie. Just store a session
 > id
  >> which on the server allows you to retrieve the data from a database using
  >> that session id.
 >
 > Yeah, I was just going to store the order code and quantity in the cookie,
 > and retreive the rest of the information for the cart from the DB

Abstract it further than that. Store just a session ID in the cookie. The
order code and quantity is something that should be stored in a database.


 > I had considered setting up anther DB to hold orders, which would get
 > cleared out once the order was retreived, but I'm not sure if hsi is a
 > good idea or not. Again, it woudl just hold the order code, quantity and
 > users IP addy.

There isn't a consistent one-to-one mapping of users and IP address. that's
why you need a unique identifier like a session id.

One thousand people can all be using one IP address (proxy servers such as
ISPs, businesses and universities), and one visitor could be using six IP
addresses during his visit (AOL's load-balanced proxy servers).


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"Isofarro" <spamblock.TakeThisOut@spamdetector.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > Prime Services Ltd wrote:
 >
  > >
  > > "Isofarro" <spamblock.TakeThisOut@spamdetector.co.uk> wrote in message
  > > news:jpmcib.ie1.ln@sidious.isolani.co.uk...
   > >> Prime Services Ltd wrote:
   > >>
   > >> > I'm starting to look at the "add to cart" feature now and trying to
   > >> > come up with ways of making storing values for retreival in a
cart.....
   > >> > I've been thinking of using cookies to do this, but not every browser
  > > has
   > >> > them enabled.....
   > >> > Has anyone got any alternative suggestions?
   > >>
   > >>
   > >> First, don't store actual information in the cookie. Just store a
session
  > > id
   > >> which on the server allows you to retrieve the data from a database
using
   > >> that session id.
  > >
  > > Yeah, I was just going to store the order code and quantity in the
cookie,
  > > and retreive the rest of the information for the cart from the DB
 >
 > Abstract it further than that. Store just a session ID in the cookie. The
 > order code and quantity is something that should be stored in a database.
 >
 >
  > > I had considered setting up anther DB to hold orders, which would get
  > > cleared out once the order was retreived, but I'm not sure if hsi is a
  > > good idea or not. Again, it woudl just hold the order code, quantity and
  > > users IP addy.
 >
 > There isn't a consistent one-to-one mapping of users and IP address.
that's
 > why you need a unique identifier like a session id.
 >
 > One thousand people can all be using one IP address (proxy servers such as
 > ISPs, businesses and universities), and one visitor could be using six IP
 > addresses during his visit (AOL's load-balanced proxy servers).

Session ID's it is then....Cheers Isofaro....<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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