Best of Talk (05/31/04)

 
Jun 02, 2004
by Dina Hess

Title: How do I Track
Date: 05/31/04      (8 Posts)
Summary: Looking for a way to track the time a user spends on each page? Use JavaScript's onload event to initialize the time in and the onunload event to calculate the final time; then send a request to the server via a hidden frame, image source, or popup window.
 
Title: Application Security Confusion
Date: 05/31/04      (14 Posts)
Summary: Wondering how to persist an application's session variables indefinitely? This can only be done if a browser request occurs before the session timeout, which is accomplished via "META tags or JavaScript timers placed within frames, separate windows, or GIF pipes."
 
Title: The Ever Popular CFLOCK Best Practice Revisited
Date: 05/31/04      (14 Posts)
Summary: If you're confused about when and how to use CFLOCK, Macromedia provides some excellent documentation. The bottom line? Locking is a pre-CFMX "must" not only to prevent race conditions, but also to ensure server stability. And although neglected locking does not cause server instability or memory corruption in CFMX, locking is still necessary to prevent race conditions. A comparison of SCOPE and NAME locks is included.
 
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