Session DB values?

[Jason Daly]

I am trying to make a shopping cart. Old ones i have created I have
stored product id's and prices in a cookie.

Where can I find information on storing information in a database just
for the session?

OR, what is the best way to go about storing shopping cart information
on my own?

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[MDW]

I don't know if databases provide session variables, but ASP itself does

Session("ItemID") = "xyz
Session("ItemPrice") = 3.9

I believe you can store session values in an array also. I may be wrong on this one, but I think that you could do something like this
Session("ItemID")(0) = "xyz
Session("ItemPrice")(0) = 3.9

Session("ItemID")(1) = "abc
Session("ItemPrice")(1) = 29.9

Once that value is set you can refer to it on any page within your application. A couple of thing to remember, though -
- Controlling how long a session lasts. I don't know what the default session length is, but I know you can change it to make it longer or shorter. Once the session terminates, those values will be lost
- Having some sort of a logout process that would manually end the session. Session.Abandon should do it.

[Bullschmidt]

ASP Design Tips - Shopping Cart
[url]http://www.bullschmidt.com/devtip-shoppingcart.asp[/url]

Best regards,
J. Paul Schmidt, Freelance ASP Web Developer
[url]http://www.Bullschmidt.com[/url]
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