Suzanne — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:24:18 +0000

I *believe* that sessions or their equivalent are a method available in all or most scripting languages. Another option is to set cookies, however that can result in some issues with user preferences. So, yes, it will require some scripting.

If you know what languages are available to you for scripting, you can post in the Scripting forum for further advice and help setting it up.

(and, um, thanks for the compliment! the folks in the Scripting forum will take good care of you as well)

kris — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:51:38 +0000

Suzanne wrote: You cannot control the user's settings -- other than preventing things from being cached in the first place and even that isn't all that reliable.

It would be better to use sessions to control the user experience and procedure, and set session variables for anything that can be done only once, such as confirming an order. Once that variable is set, you can test for it -- or rather, you can test for it regardless, and once it's set, you can point the user to another location or an error screen.

Thanks for your help. I'm glad that YOU were one of the (...er... at this point the only) responders.

Are sessions something that can only be done in PHP? Do they require some type of scripting? (...which is OK, BTW).

Suzanne — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:13:13 +0000

You cannot control the user's settings -- other than preventing things from being cached in the first place and even that isn't all that reliable.

It would be better to use sessions to control the user experience and procedure, and set session variables for anything that can be done only once, such as confirming an order. Once that variable is set, you can test for it -- or rather, you can test for it regardless, and once it's set, you can point the user to another location or an error screen.