Re: [WebDNA] Enhancements to "list" contexts ...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2015
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 111820
interpreted = N
texte = >> [snip] >>=20 >> - A tag [session] that will not make use of any cookie. The session = will be created at login with a unique ID and will follow the user until = a specific number of minutes after he leaves, or keep the session active = with a "lifetime" >> This works without any cookie at all. >=20 > Well, how *does* it work? You are talking to Developers.. we don=92t = believe in Magic. The only other way to create a session that I know of = is by creating / maintaining a file. We already do that. It=92s called = the order file. I could see writing out a database that contained a =93fingerprint=94 of = the browser (ip address and user agent) to track sessions. This would be = pretty unique. The bad days of AOL proxies hiding millions of people = behind a few dozen IP addresses are mostly over. You can build this now = without any additional code in webdna. I assume this is to get around = the European Union=92s silly rules about cookies.=20 Personally, I build a visitors.db into every site I=92ve created for = years now that populates every time a new cart(session) is issued both = so I can track session data as well as to eliminate writing out a = shopping cart file every time I need to keep track of stuff on incoming = visitors. it=92s not hard, and I=92m not sure why this needs to be built = into the language.=20 - Brian B.=
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>> [snip] >>=20 >> - A tag
[session] that will not make use of any cookie. The session = will be created at login with a unique ID and will follow the user until = a specific number of minutes after he leaves, or keep the session active = with a "lifetime" >> This works without any cookie at all. >=20 > Well, how *does* it work? You are talking to Developers.. we don=92t = believe in Magic. The only other way to create a session that I know of = is by creating / maintaining a file. We already do that. It=92s called = the
order file. I could see writing out a database that contained a =93fingerprint=94 of = the browser (ip address and user agent) to track sessions. This would be = pretty unique. The bad days of AOL proxies hiding millions of people = behind a few dozen IP addresses are mostly over. You can build this now = without any additional code in webdna. I assume this is to get around = the European Union=92s silly rules about cookies.=20 Personally, I build a visitors.db into every site I=92ve created for = years now that populates every time a new cart(session) is issued both = so I can track session data as well as to eliminate writing out a = shopping cart file every time I need to keep track of stuff on incoming = visitors. it=92s not hard, and I=92m not sure why this needs to be built = into the language.=20 - Brian B.=
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