Re: customer info
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38309
interpreted = N
texte = ding. :-) thanks.John Peacock wrote:> 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,cool.> keyed by [custid] and [cart] (where > the first record both are identical). > > QED > > John > >-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics I know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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ding. :-) thanks.John Peacock wrote:> 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,cool.> keyed by [custid] and [cart] (where > the first record both are identical). > > QED > > John > >-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics I know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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