Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still!

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 52218
interpreted = N
texte = On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 06:16 PM, Tim Robinson wrote: > Why don't you add an IP Address value to that database. > Is it possible that > someone has returned to do another order and their sessions cookie is > still > intact? I don't think so, because I'm having two entirely different customers at different times of the day with the same cart number. And the cart number only appears once in the orders database, so I know it's not a bookmarked cart problem. > When you write to the ordes db, do you delete the cookie? Yes. The session cookie is set to "expired" when the customer reaches the order completion page. -Will > > Regards, > Tim > -- > Tim Robinson > IDFK Web Developments > tim@idfk.com.au > 114a/40 Yeo Street > Neutral Bay 2089 > Australia > Phone +612 9908 2134 > Fax +612 9908 4837 > >> From: WJ Starck >> Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) >> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:46:54 -0500 >> To: (WebDNA Talk) >> Subject: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! >> >> I'm still seeing duplicate carts numbers. >> >> Here's the latest scenario: >> >> Our system passes the cart from page to page via a session cookie. >> Items are added and subtracted to the cart in standard fashion, >> however, we do not use the purchase command, but instead write all of >> the information contained in the cart to an orders.db, with the cart # >> being written as a unique identifier that separates orders. >> >> On 8/6, I had a customer place an order at 4:04 pm with cart >> #106019560330318. At 11:30 pm, I had another customer place an order >> with the identical cart number. This of course overwrote the first >> order. >> >> I wrote the following and placed it in a template: >> >> >> >> Duplicate cart tester >> >> >> [append db=../dbs/dupcart.db]ordername=[cart][/append] >> >> [search db=../dbs/dupcart.db&neordernamedata=[blank]] >> [numfound] records[/search] >> >> [search db=../dbs/dupcart.db&neordernamedata=[blank]&ordernamesumm=T] >> [numfound] carts >> [/search] >> >> After roughly 5600 iterations, no duplicate cart numbers appeared. >> However, here is a list of the cart numbers between 4:04 pm and 11:30 >> pm on that day: >> >> 16:04:03 106019560330318 >> 16:37:09 106020512534622 >> 18:03:09 106021040535085 >> 19:06:30 106021405435386 >> 19:51:13 106021623235862 >> 20:37:27 106021971136358 >> 20:52:41 106022065336500 >> 21:00:54 106019751131041 >> 23:30:03 106019560330318 >> >> The following code is at the top of every page to prevent the >> bookmarked cart problem. >> >> >> >> This is about the seventh or eight time since upgrading to 5.0 that >> this has happened, and I'm out of ideas. This never happened in over >> two years with the same code on previous versions of WebCat. >> >> Anyone? >> >> Regards, >> >> >> -- >> >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> wjs@novaderm.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://webdna.smithmicro.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > -- Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com wjs@novaderm.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( John Peacock 2003)
  2. Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( Kenneth Grome 2003)
  3. Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( WJ Starck 2003)
  4. Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( Tim Robinson 2003)
  5. Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( WJ Starck 2003)
  6. Re: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( Tim Robinson 2003)
  7. Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! ( WJ Starck 2003)
On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 06:16 PM, Tim Robinson wrote: > Why don't you add an IP Address value to that database. > Is it possible that > someone has returned to do another order and their sessions cookie is > still > intact? I don't think so, because I'm having two entirely different customers at different times of the day with the same cart number. And the cart number only appears once in the orders database, so I know it's not a bookmarked cart problem. > When you write to the ordes db, do you delete the cookie? Yes. The session cookie is set to "expired" when the customer reaches the order completion page. -Will > > Regards, > Tim > -- > Tim Robinson > IDFK Web Developments > tim@idfk.com.au > 114a/40 Yeo Street > Neutral Bay 2089 > Australia > Phone +612 9908 2134 > Fax +612 9908 4837 > >> From: WJ Starck >> Reply-To: (WebDNA Talk) >> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:46:54 -0500 >> To: (WebDNA Talk) >> Subject: Help SM: Duplicate cart #'s - still! >> >> I'm still seeing duplicate carts numbers. >> >> Here's the latest scenario: >> >> Our system passes the cart from page to page via a session cookie. >> Items are added and subtracted to the cart in standard fashion, >> however, we do not use the purchase command, but instead write all of >> the information contained in the cart to an orders.db, with the cart # >> being written as a unique identifier that separates orders. >> >> On 8/6, I had a customer place an order at 4:04 pm with cart >> #106019560330318. At 11:30 pm, I had another customer place an order >> with the identical cart number. This of course overwrote the first >> order. >> >> I wrote the following and placed it in a template: >> >> >> >> Duplicate cart tester >> >> >> [append db=../dbs/dupcart.db]ordername=[cart][/append] >> >> [search db=../dbs/dupcart.db&neordernamedata=[blank]] >> [numfound] records[/search] >> >> [search db=../dbs/dupcart.db&neordernamedata=[blank]&ordernamesumm=T] >> [numfound] carts >> [/search] >> >> After roughly 5600 iterations, no duplicate cart numbers appeared. >> However, here is a list of the cart numbers between 4:04 pm and 11:30 >> pm on that day: >> >> 16:04:03 106019560330318 >> 16:37:09 106020512534622 >> 18:03:09 106021040535085 >> 19:06:30 106021405435386 >> 19:51:13 106021623235862 >> 20:37:27 106021971136358 >> 20:52:41 106022065336500 >> 21:00:54 106019751131041 >> 23:30:03 106019560330318 >> >> The following code is at the top of every page to prevent the >> bookmarked cart problem. >> >> >> >> This is about the seventh or eight time since upgrading to 5.0 that >> this has happened, and I'm out of ideas. This never happened in over >> two years with the same code on previous versions of WebCat. >> >> Anyone? >> >> Regards, >> >> >> -- >> >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> wjs@novaderm.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://webdna.smithmicro.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > -- Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com wjs@novaderm.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://webdna.smithmicro.com/ WJ Starck

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