Re: Cart ID Duplication
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36719
interpreted = N
texte = So is the [cart ID] double checked as soon as a cached link hits a deep-linking url or is it checked on checkout? I question this because wouldn't the cart pick up the cached info at the first hit and then subsequent buying would just add to that cart?Bob Minor wrote:> On 6/26/01 11:59 AM, Mark Derrick
> wrote: > > > What about the scenario where someone is deep-linking to your site > > (annoying, but they do do it!), and within the URL that they've embedded in > > their link is a cart ID? > > > > You then get several different people all coming to your site with the same > > cart ID? > > They get all the way until the point where they're ready to confirm the > > purchase, only to be told that the cart has already been submitted, and > > awaiting approvalOr they have past choices that already fill the cart?? This could be because a cart with this info was abandoned and never emptied. Again, I'm new, so go easy on me. :-)> > > > Although this isn't the problem we're currently have, it has exactly the > > same problem. > This takes care of that as well. That is unless you give 2 people the same > cart number at the same time. Which I have never had happen. All my deep > linking url's remove the cart id altogether. > > Robert Minor > Director of Internet Services > ------------------------------------------------------------ >-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not, hm? -Yoda ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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So is the [cart ID] double checked as soon as a cached link hits a deep-linking url or is it checked on checkout? I question this because wouldn't the cart pick up the cached info at the first hit and then subsequent buying would just add to that cart?Bob Minor wrote:> On 6/26/01 11:59 AM, Mark Derrick > wrote: > > > What about the scenario where someone is deep-linking to your site > > (annoying, but they do do it!), and within the URL that they've embedded in > > their link is a cart ID? > > > > You then get several different people all coming to your site with the same > > cart ID? > > They get all the way until the point where they're ready to confirm the > > purchase, only to be told that the cart has already been submitted, and > > awaiting approvalOr they have past choices that already fill the cart?? This could be because a cart with this info was abandoned and never emptied. Again, I'm new, so go easy on me. :-)> > > > Although this isn't the problem we're currently have, it has exactly the > > same problem. > This takes care of that as well. That is unless you give 2 people the same > cart number at the same time. Which I have never had happen. All my deep > linking url's remove the cart id altogether. > > Robert Minor > Director of Internet Services > ------------------------------------------------------------ >-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not, hm? -Yoda ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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