| re: Using cookies & session vars in asp
A better question for me to ask would be: Do these sites sit on servers
that would have access to a common datasource, like a SQL Server or
something?
Ray at work
"wozza" <warren.payne@talk21.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm involved in quite a large project which has a slightly unusual
> form of login (at least I think it's unusual!). I'm creating a site in
> ASP (actually Chilisoft ASP) where access to all pages has to be
> secured via login. The odd bit is that while the login page will be on
> this site, the login process itself will be carried out on a
> completely separate domain - this is the client's requirement so I
> have no choice.
>
> On login, the user will be assigned a 24 hour cookie by this 2nd
> domain and then be passed back to the site I'm involved with. My site
> then needs to assign a similar cookie (I'm assming that I won't be
> able to read the other domain's cookie) and allow access to the site
> for 24 hours.
>
> I'm wondering if it's most efficient to assign a session variable to
> indicate the user is logged in once my cookie has been generated
> (rather than have every page check for a cookie again) and on
> subsequent sessions during the 24 hour period to 1st check for session
> var, then the cookie and then, if cookie exists, to assign the session
> variable again.
>
> I'm a bit stumped here so any help would be gratefully received!
>
> Thanks
> Warren[/color]
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