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Dr. Lovable
Hidee,
I'm pretty much a newbie and I'm sure most of these questions have been
answered before, but humor me, okay?
I keep reading that Session variables are evil things to be avoided. Is it
really that awful to use them? If you shouldn't use them, then what is the
preferred alternate method for accessing data across an entire solution?
Would it really be so bad to set something as simple as Session("login") =
true Session(user)=username when a user logs in and just read those
variables on an include for every page to display the user name?
Is it true that a user has to allow cookies in order for a session variable
to be used? I thought the point of session variables was to set things on
the server side so that you didn't have to worry about cookies being allowed
by the user?
What is the generally preferred method of storing a shopping cart?
Database, cookies or server variables? All I need to save is the product #
and quantity. Would it be evil to store that in a dictionary object or a
collection? My profs at the college said cookies were the way to go. My
co-workers say use a database. My mentor says use a dictionary object.
Thanks,
Doc
I'm pretty much a newbie and I'm sure most of these questions have been
answered before, but humor me, okay?
I keep reading that Session variables are evil things to be avoided. Is it
really that awful to use them? If you shouldn't use them, then what is the
preferred alternate method for accessing data across an entire solution?
Would it really be so bad to set something as simple as Session("login") =
true Session(user)=username when a user logs in and just read those
variables on an include for every page to display the user name?
Is it true that a user has to allow cookies in order for a session variable
to be used? I thought the point of session variables was to set things on
the server side so that you didn't have to worry about cookies being allowed
by the user?
What is the generally preferred method of storing a shopping cart?
Database, cookies or server variables? All I need to save is the product #
and quantity. Would it be evil to store that in a dictionary object or a
collection? My profs at the college said cookies were the way to go. My
co-workers say use a database. My mentor says use a dictionary object.
Thanks,
Doc