Re: Duplicate Carts
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 34451
interpreted = N
texte = Again I ask Ken/everyone-> why > >not simply stick cart #s in the browser's [username] slot (assuming > >users won't need to > >login to any truely protected pages) ? > > Because of MANY reasons: > > 1- Sometimes people do not navigate a site the way you want them to. > If someone strips off the end of the URL for any reason -- to quickly > get into a folder higher up the hierarchy for example, as many people > have learned to do on non-shopping cart enabled sites, the cart value > gets lost.if it is in the browser's cache for the [username] then they can strip the end of the URL all they want and we're fine... consistent cart number is still available via [username]. I think you misunderstood what I was proposing.> > > 2- Using an IP-address based system eliminates mistakes the webdna > programmer may make by forgetting to put cart=[cart] in all his > links and forms.right and so does what I suggested (Also don't some people have fixed IP addresses? Then you still have to check against previously checked out carts right?)> > > 3- Sometimes a site needs to generate a unique value for something > OTHER THAN the shopping cart identifier. When that happens, it's > impossible to use [cart] to generate the unique value. Of course it > would be NICE if webcatalog had a [unique] tag that generated a > unique value every time it's used...a [unique] tag would be great!-John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Again I ask Ken/everyone-> why > >not simply stick cart #s in the browser's [username] slot (assuming > >users won't need to > >login to any truely protected pages) ? > > Because of MANY reasons: > > 1- Sometimes people do not navigate a site the way you want them to. > If someone strips off the end of the URL for any reason -- to quickly > get into a folder higher up the hierarchy for example, as many people > have learned to do on non-shopping cart enabled sites, the cart value > gets lost.if it is in the browser's cache for the [username] then they can strip the end of the URL all they want and we're fine... consistent cart number is still available via [username]. I think you misunderstood what I was proposing.> > > 2- Using an IP-address based system eliminates mistakes the webdna > programmer may make by forgetting to put cart=[cart] in all his > links and forms.right and so does what I suggested (Also don't some people have fixed IP addresses? Then you still have to check against previously checked out carts right?)> > > 3- Sometimes a site needs to generate a unique value for something > OTHER THAN the shopping cart identifier. When that happens, it's > impossible to use [cart] to generate the unique value. Of course it > would be NICE if webcatalog had a [unique] tag that generated a > unique value every time it's used...a [unique] tag would be great!-John ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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