Re: Question about PL/SQL web applications and sessions
From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2002 22:28:25 -0600
Message-ID: <uvg1xhx06.fsf_at_hotpop.com>
>
> As far as I know, cookies and hidden variables are the only way of
> maintaining state with any web development platform. There are some
> development languages/tools which abstract this and hide it from the
> developer to some extent, but it is still cookies or hidden variables
> "under the hood" as far as I know.
>
> Do you know of any web tools or development platform which can
> maintain state in any other way?
Date: 13 Dec 2002 22:28:25 -0600
Message-ID: <uvg1xhx06.fsf_at_hotpop.com>
On 14 Dec 2002, timx_at_spamto.devnul.com wrote:
> "Mr. Happy" <a_at_b.c> writes:
>
>> I want to use PL/SQL and the mod_plsql gateway to make some >> interfaces, but it appears to support only stateless sessions. Is >> there a way to maintain state between client sessions, other than >> using cookies or hidden form fields? >>
>
> As far as I know, cookies and hidden variables are the only way of
> maintaining state with any web development platform. There are some
> development languages/tools which abstract this and hide it from the
> developer to some extent, but it is still cookies or hidden variables
> "under the hood" as far as I know.
>
> Do you know of any web tools or development platform which can
> maintain state in any other way?
Session beans within the EJB platform maintain state for you. Obviously, the client must still maintain and pass an id to the session bean maintaining the state, but the state isn't maintained by the client through some cookie or hidden variable mechanism.
-- Galen deForest Boyer Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.Received on Sat Dec 14 2002 - 05:28:25 CET