Re: customer info
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38288
interpreted = N
texte = Will Starck wrote: > > I said, we use [ipaddress]-[date]-[time] but I much prefer > [cart]-[ipaddress]-[date]-[time] for the reasons John just mentioned. > Just to harp on this a little more: [cart] is guaranteed to be unique to this server (as long as the clock is not set back and probably even then). Unless there is some reason you want that extra info for some other reason, there is no good reason to add it to [cart]. Just use their initial [cart] to assign a custid and then store the cookie. When they come back, they will get a new [cart], but their existing information is linked via their custid.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Will Starck wrote: > > I said, we use [ipaddress]-[date]-[time] but I much prefer > [cart]-[ipaddress]-[date]-[time] for the reasons John just mentioned. > Just to harp on this a little more: [cart] is guaranteed to be unique to this server (as long as the clock is not set back and probably even then). Unless there is some reason you want that extra info for some other reason, there is no good reason to add it to [cart]. Just use their initial [cart] to assign a custid and then store the cookie. When they come back, they will get a new [cart], but their existing information is linked via their custid.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- 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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