[connor]

Hi all , I am building a site with ASP (VBscript) .
the site connected to the database (MySQL)
I have several different pages on my site they are working with different tables in database but I have to dilever information from one page to others ,I don't know how to do that .
For Ex:
When a user enters my site he is on first page (Index.asp) , if he moves to other pages ,I need to transfer his username and other information .

Please help
thanks
connor

[Nazir]

This can be done by either using Cookies or Session object to pass user profiles or other data.Cookies should be used only to store non-sensative information, or information that can be retrieved from an authoritative source. Cookies shouldn't be trusted, and their contents should be able to be validated.

If using cookies, remember that it’s quite different from storing data in the Session Object, and the following should be taken into account:

• Cookies are passed back and forth on every request. That means you are paying for the size of your cookie during every HTTP GET and HTTP POST.
• If you have ten 1-pixel spacer GIFs on your page used for table layouts, the user's browser is sending the same cookie eleven times: once for the page itself, and once for each spacer GIF, even if the GIF is already cached.
• Cookies can be stolen, sniffed and faked. If your code counts on a cookie's value, have a plan in your code for the inevitability that cookie will get corrupted or be tampered with.
• What is the expected behaviour of your application if a cookie doesn't show? What if it's 4096 bytes? Be prepared. You should design your application around the "principle of least suprise". Your application should attempt to heal itself if cookies are found missing or if they are larger then expected.
• Think twice before Base64 encoding anything large and placing it in a cookie. If your design depends on this kind of technique, rethink using either the Session or another backing-store.