Re: Cart/Cookie question

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 62080
interpreted = N
texte = > Problem is this: The SECOND cookie stores a cart number that is > always exactly one less than the actual cart number. In other words, > if I look at the cookie, it may have this value: 1117832196956 > > But the cart value in any URL is 1117832196957 --- numerically, one > more than the [cart] that was assigned to the cookie. In other words, > my cart is created AFTER the [cart] value is used to assign the > cookie, so they never match. If the numerical value is always a difference of one, how about mathematically adding 1 onto the cart number in the cookie? It doesn't solve the underlying problem, but it might do as a workaround. Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Cart/Cookie question ( Patrick Junkroski 2005)
  2. Re: Cart/Cookie question ( Gary Krockover 2005)
  3. Re: Cart/Cookie question ( "Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr." 2005)
  4. Cart/Cookie question ( Patrick Junkroski 2005)
> Problem is this: The SECOND cookie stores a cart number that is > always exactly one less than the actual cart number. In other words, > if I look at the cookie, it may have this value: 1117832196956 > > But the cart value in any URL is 1117832196957 --- numerically, one > more than the [cart] that was assigned to the cookie. In other words, > my cart is created AFTER the [cart] value is used to assign the > cookie, so they never match. If the numerical value is always a difference of one, how about mathematically adding 1 onto the cart number in the cookie? It doesn't solve the underlying problem, but it might do as a workaround. Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ "Dennis J. Bonsall, Jr."

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