Re: Life without session variables

From: qaz (ngnews_at_uslex.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:28:49 -0600

Thanks for the links. I find this whole idea of "life without session
variables" very interesting.

"Bullschmidt" <paul@bullschmidt.com-nospam> wrote in message
news:e6tbrL2AFHA.3824@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> <<
> I've always used session cookies in my web sites. However, since more
> and
> more people (including me) are starting to disable cookies, I'm
> beginning to
> think that I should change my ways and design websites without the use
> of
> session cookies. I've never done it before, but I understand that we can
> get around the use of session cookies either by writing data to a
> database
> or by passing data from one page to the next with hidden fields. Can
> anyone
> point me to a tutorial on "best practices" for how this is done?
> >>
>
> I believe that session variables can still be used even if a user has
> disabled cookies and that is by long querystrings which are
> automatically created.
>
> But if you want to look into not using session variables here are a
> couple resources:
>
> Why won't my session variables stick?
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2157
>
> Maintaining Session State - 9/20/1998
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/092098-1.shtml
>
> Pros and Cons of Session Variables - 9/20/1998
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/092098-2.shtml
>
> Forcing the Session to Close - 10/24/1998
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/102498-3.shtml
>
> Maintaining Persistent Information on the Web from the book Teach
> Yourself Active Server Pages 3.0 in 21 Days Sample Chapter! by Web
> masters Scott Mitchell and James Atkinson
> http://www.asp101.com/articles/sample_chapters/sams_asp3in21/page1.asp
>
> Design Strategies for Scalable Active Server Applications by Steve Kirk
> MSDN Content Development Group 8/1997
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/techart/msdn
> _aspscale.htm
>
> Best regards,
> J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
> http://www.Bullschmidt.com
> ASP Design Tips, ASP Web Database Demo, Free ASP Bar Chart Tool...
>
>
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