How to handle multiple IE windows

ah_teck81 · January 26th, 2005, 05:41 AM

Scenerio:
I have opened two IE windows on my computer accessing the same ASP page (testing.asp)
I want to be able to handle the data generated by each window independently and save the data into the same database.
However, I also want to be able to retrieve the respective data stored in the database by each window.
How am I going to go about identifying each IE window?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.

madhukp · January 26th, 2005, 05:58 AM

You are requested not to post the same issue in more than one area however urgent your issue may be. It is very difficult for the moderators to manage issues.

Anyway, I will give my comments on your issue. You need to create a unique string whenever this page (testing.asp) is accessed. It can be created by appending date, month, year, hour, minute,second, microsecond and a random number of some 6 digits. This will make sure that the string generated is unique and, from time to time, new strings will be generated. Then this string should also be saved into db.

So when the page is accessed by each window, it will generate new and new random strings.

Check whether this helps.

ah_teck81 · January 26th, 2005, 07:34 AM

I apologise for posting in more than one area. I won't do this again.
I'm just not sure where this problem should belong to which area.

Thank you for your comment. I will try this and see whether this will work.

madhukp · January 26th, 2005, 07:57 AM

It's OK. Cool.

Best wishes

Madhu

ah_teck81 · January 26th, 2005, 09:17 PM

Sorry to bother you all again, but I have a problem.
How am I going to store the unique ID for each window in the respective window?
Am I able to create a global variable in each IE window which will be accessible by all frames in the window?
Thanks in advance for your assistance.

madhukp · January 27th, 2005, 12:21 AM

You can store the unique id in session.

use

Session("gblUniqueID")=<created id>

immediately after creating it.

Then in other pages you can access it as

Session("gblUniqueID")

jaywhy13 · January 28th, 2005, 12:17 AM

Just a quick suggestion... why don't u try uh like allowing the database to create the ID for u.. so that way u don't have to worry about the ID creation and distinction part But ALSO store the date/time and so on and so forth in the database?

Jay
Knowledge is power and igorance is bliss... which is more exciting?

madhukp · January 28th, 2005, 12:52 AM

Could you be little more specific about this ? Are you suggesting that we can use database for session handling ?

mega · January 28th, 2005, 08:26 PM

Yes, sure you can.

Code:

' Global.asa

<script language="vbscript" runat="server">
sub Session_OnEnd
'Store anything from your sessions into your database
end sub
</script>

In case you are wondering what the METADATA part is doing, it's instead of having the ADO constants file (and include that everywhere you use ADO) uploaded to your site.

- mega
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