[thelist] ASP: Shopping Cart Theory

Ken Kogler ken.kogler at cph.org
Mon Jul 8 14:08:05 CDT 2002


So then, here's where we stand:

session vars
 good: easy to do, works fairly well
 bad: needs cookies enabled

cookie munger
 good: same as session vars
 bad: filters ALL data sent out from server,
      slows performace, not installed on the
      server, and the host is a pain with that
      sort of thing

querystrings
 good: um...
 bad: lots.

hidden forms
 good: easy to work with on backend (coding)
 bad: POSTPOSTPOSTPOSTPOSTPOST...

Interesting thoughts so far... the session vars one seems the way to go, but
then if the user opens a new window, IIS assigns a new session ID, doesn't
it? It's looking like I'll never find a solution that will work for everyone
out there.

--ken




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