RE: HTTP Server's jobs for CGI applications -- MIDRANGE-L

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Brad wrote:
>You'll need to use some sort of persistence.  Cookies would
>probably be the easiest.  Then you can key your temp file by
>this cookie value (like a user id or something that they sign
>on with).

Don't forget that many people disable cookies, so you need some
alternative if cookies don't work.  (And then there are those of
us who enable cookies, but soft-link cookies.txt to /dev/nul!)

Best to use some other mechanism, such as adding a hidden field
to your forms with a session id number, or by adding a session
id to your URL's.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com

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