Re: session handling
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 57420
interpreted = N
texte = We wrote something like this for our content management system .. I decided not to use the orderfile system because it was overkill for storing a few pieces of information about the user .. and it's not based on cookies as sessions generally are .. I say go with the functions .. On 21/04/2004, at 7:43 AM, charles kline wrote: > hi all, > > i am in the middle of writing a whole set of functions to handle state > (not states) for a user session where values are stored in a text file > on the server and are available on each page through a set of > getSession and setSession functions... well... things are going along > pretty well, when I realized that this already sort of exists in the > form of the orderfile. > > in this case, do you think it is even worth writing these functions? i > could just as soon use the header fields in a cart to handle this and > the methods for get and set are already written into the engine (no > way it would be faster as a function). > > thoughts?? > > if i bother writing these functions anyhow, is there any interest? > (they would of course only work with WebDNA v5 or greater) > > - charles > -- > Charles Kline, President > (p) 856-608-7908 > http://www.rightcode.net > "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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We wrote something like this for our content management system .. I decided not to use the orderfile system because it was overkill for storing a few pieces of information about the user .. and it's not based on cookies as sessions generally are .. I say go with the functions .. On 21/04/2004, at 7:43 AM, charles kline wrote: > hi all, > > i am in the middle of writing a whole set of functions to handle state > (not states) for a user session where values are stored in a text file > on the server and are available on each page through a set of > getSession and setSession functions... well... things are going along > pretty well, when I realized that this already sort of exists in the > form of the orderfile. > > in this case, do you think it is even worth writing these functions? i > could just as soon use the header fields in a cart to handle this and > the methods for get and set are already written into the engine (no > way it would be faster as a function). > > thoughts?? > > if i bother writing these functions anyhow, is there any interest? > (they would of course only work with WebDNA v5 or greater) > > - charles > -- > Charles Kline, President > (p) 856-608-7908 > http://www.rightcode.net > "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
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