maybe a combination of ip-address and a time stamp



> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----

> Von:	Jos=E9 Ernesto Echeverr=EDa [SMTP:ernestoe@s...]

> Gesendet am:	Sonntag, 29. Oktober 2000 14:12

> An:	ASP Databases

> Betreff:	[asp_databases] RE: A Theoretical E-commerce Problem

>

> try the session id for starters.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: George [mailto:georgex1_1999@y...]

> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 1:54 PM

> To: ASP Databases

> Subject: [asp_databases] A Theoretical E-commerce Problem

>

>

> I've lately been giving consideration to a database driven e-commerce

> system but am having a few problems. I was thinking a user could 

click

> product, product then goes to order database where I can draw the

> recordset's of the things they ordered when I need them. My problem 

is

> that

> I can easily get the orders into a database but how will I know which

> orders belong to which user. I think I could do it if I gave each 

user a

> username but I don't want to do that as users shouldn't have to enter

> their details until later in the order process

> If anyone can think of a way around this I would be grateful and then

> maybe I'll actually start on it.

> George

>

a "permanent" GUID would be a solution...  MS Site Server Commerce 3.0 uses

GUIDs ...



The sacrifice you have to make when wanting to ID users is that unless you

have a unique ID or have the user "login" to your system, there would be no

way to effectively track their habits on your site.  IP addresses are good

for the moment, but not for long term because they change (given the nature

ISPs and their service).



So using a GUID system with cookies would be the way... the other solution

is a login page with using the GUID in the URL to avoid the cookie thing.



Cory





----- Original Message -----

From: "Neethling, Dirk BYNI/PLM" <Dirk.Neethling2@h...>

To: "ASP Databases" <asp_databases@p...>

Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 4:47 AM

Subject: [asp_databases] AW: RE: A Theoretical E-commerce Problem





maybe a combination of ip-address and a time stamp



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

> Von: José Ernesto Echeverría [SMTP:ernestoe@s...]

> Gesendet am: Sonntag, 29. Oktober 2000 14:12

> An: ASP Databases

> Betreff: [asp_databases] RE: A Theoretical E-commerce Problem

>

> try the session id for starters.

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: George [mailto:georgex1_1999@y...]

> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 1:54 PM

> To: ASP Databases

> Subject: [asp_databases] A Theoretical E-commerce Problem

>

>

> I've lately been giving consideration to a database driven e-commerce

> system but am having a few problems. I was thinking a user could click

> product, product then goes to order database where I can draw the

> recordset's of the things they ordered when I need them. My problem is

> that

> I can easily get the orders into a database but how will I know which

> orders belong to which user. I think I could do it if I gave each user a

> username but I don't want to do that as users shouldn't have to enter

> their details until later in the order process

> If anyone can think of a way around this I would be grateful and then

> maybe I'll actually start on it.

> George

>