Re: customer info
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38305
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan Brooke wrote: > > John, so essentially the value from the cookie xxx is [custid] which is > checked against a customers database to get the info for that customer?? > where does [cart] come in to play for this purpose? > > I think I need more caffeine. > > John Peacock wrote: > The very first time that a user enters the site, assign them a [cart] and when they check out (complete the purchase), store that [cart] as custid (plus their contact information) in a customers.db. And lastly store a non-session cookie with that [custid] value. When the user returns to the site, check for the cookie; if it exists, look up their info in the customers.db and say Welcome back Donovan! or whatever you want to do. If you are tracking their past orders as well, store that in an orders.db, keyed by [custid] and [cart] (where the first record both are identical).QEDJohn-- 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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Donovan Brooke wrote: > > John, so essentially the value from the cookie xxx is [custid] which is > checked against a customers database to get the info for that customer?? > where does [cart] come in to play for this purpose? > > I think I need more caffeine. > > John Peacock wrote: > The very first time that a user enters the site, assign them a [cart] and when they check out (complete the purchase), store that [cart] as custid (plus their contact information) in a customers.db. And lastly store a non-session cookie with that [custid] value. When the user returns to the site, check for the cookie; if it exists, look up their info in the customers.db and say Welcome back Donovan! or whatever you want to do. If you are tracking their past orders as well, store that in an orders.db, keyed by [custid] and [cart] (where the first record both are identical).QEDJohn-- 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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