[thelist] storing data clientside

[David Travis]

Hi Kasimir,

I would choose a simple (and cross platform) solution - cookies.
 
While browsing the question pages store all answers in 'key -> value' sets
(questioned -> answer), and when the user passes the last page read these
sets in your server-side code.

HTH,
David.


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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Kasimir K
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:51 PM
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Subject: [thelist] storing data clientside

hello Evolters,

I'm building a web application to calculate and store results of bridge 
competitions. The basic idea is simple: the scores from the competition 
are input via web browser, and the results can then be viewed when and 
where ever. The problem comes from the fact that internet connections 
some times go down... and the results should still be calculated. So I 
need to have option of doing things client side, including storing the 
data until the connection is back up.

With Flash MX's Shared Objects this would be easy, and that kind of 
seems the obvious solution. Other option could be to use DOM to create a 
document containing the data and then prompting the user to "save page" 
- this would allow me to stick to the standards, but it might be more 
difficult for the users. I don't want to go the ActiveX route - I want 
to keep everything cross platform. Would PHP-GTK be good for me? I 
haven't yet given a good look to it.

Any ideas?

thanks,
.kasimir
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