Re: Cart ID Duplication
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36711
interpreted = N
texte = The most likely reason that 15 people would have the same cart number would be if they all clicked on a link where a cart number has been hard coded into the URL (like this: http://domain.com/page.htm?cart=320254133960642). The cart is not being issued by webcat to 15 different people. Fifteen people have found and clicked on a link that has a number instead of the cart tag in it.My best guess, Paul >Just come across a worrying issue. > >We were called by a customer who, whilst proceeding through the invoice >page, had found that there was someone else's address details already >entered in the form. > >Our invoice form will automatically populate the details from the shopping >cart file if they have already been entered, thus allowing the customer to >return to the store to add any items they'd forgotten about, without having >to worry about re-entering their address details. > >Our belief has always been that due to the cart ID been totally unique, >there would be no-way two people could get the same cart, therefore if would >be impossible for anyone to see anyone else's details. > >Now the details the customer saw, belonged to a customer who had entered his >name and address in the invoice, but had abandoned his cart, thus leaving >the shoppingcart file to exist for 24 hours. Then the second customer had >come along, managed to get the same Cart ID, and thus had seen the first >customers address details when he went into the invoice page. > >Checking our weblogs for this day, we discovered that 15 different people >had been issued the same Cart ID. > >Our initial thought, was that someone had linked to our site, and had >included a Cart ID in the link, this proved not to be the case as all users >had come directly into the site. > >The one thing that does connect them though, is that they all used the same >ISP - we are therefore assuming that this problem was connected to a cache >server. > >Has anyone come across this problem before? >Any idea why it's happening? > > > >Any solutions short of running a database tracking all issued cart ID's? > >Thanks. > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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The most likely reason that 15 people would have the same cart number would be if they all clicked on a link where a cart number has been hard coded into the URL (like this: http://domain.com/page.htm?cart=320254133960642). The cart is not being issued by webcat to 15 different people. Fifteen people have found and clicked on a link that has a number instead of the cart tag in it.My best guess, Paul >Just come across a worrying issue. > >We were called by a customer who, whilst proceeding through the invoice >page, had found that there was someone else's address details already >entered in the form. > >Our invoice form will automatically populate the details from the shopping >cart file if they have already been entered, thus allowing the customer to >return to the store to add any items they'd forgotten about, without having >to worry about re-entering their address details. > >Our belief has always been that due to the cart ID been totally unique, >there would be no-way two people could get the same cart, therefore if would >be impossible for anyone to see anyone else's details. > >Now the details the customer saw, belonged to a customer who had entered his >name and address in the invoice, but had abandoned his cart, thus leaving >the shoppingcart file to exist for 24 hours. Then the second customer had >come along, managed to get the same Cart ID, and thus had seen the first >customers address details when he went into the invoice page. > >Checking our weblogs for this day, we discovered that 15 different people >had been issued the same Cart ID. > >Our initial thought, was that someone had linked to our site, and had >included a Cart ID in the link, this proved not to be the case as all users >had come directly into the site. > >The one thing that does connect them though, is that they all used the same >ISP - we are therefore assuming that this problem was connected to a cache >server. > >Has anyone come across this problem before? >Any idea why it's happening? > > > >Any solutions short of running a database tracking all issued cart ID's? > >Thanks. > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Paul Uttermohlen, Chief Technical Officer \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Interactive Ink, Incorporated \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ mailto:paul@interactiveink.com \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_------------------------------------------------------------- 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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