LPM: Note from not-subscribed address

[David Hempy]

Any time I run into a problem where I'm not sure how the browser and the server are interacting, I fire up a little shareware program called HTTP Tracer.  It is the ultimate debugger, as it is not a part of the client or the server...you see *exactly* what is sent between the two.

Download it for free from http://www.concentric.net/~Sstmail.  Register it for $25 and it will pay for itself every time you use it.

Hope this helps,
-dave



At 12:23 PM 8/19/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>From: "Billy Marlin" <res0bhnu at verizon.net>
>To: <lexington-pm-list at pm.org>
>Subject: Need some perl help
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:10:54 -0700
>
>Ok well what I am going to give you might not be enough for anyone to =
>establish on what the problem is but here goes.
>
>I am working with 3 websites which all use the same exact principle and =
>scripts.  The latest website I just finished and copied all the perl =
>files over for the shopping cart.  I went in and changed all the =
>required files to point to the right area.  This shopping cart uses =
>about 15 different files hence the reason for me not posting exactly =
>what is going on.
>
>Anyways I got everything working except for one item.  After the =
>shopping cart is loaded and the person is going to check out.  They go =
>to the link that says you are entering a ssl section.  Up to this point =
>the program has a cookie base on the time the order was made and this =
>stays the same until you enter the ssl area.  I have been printing out =
>the cookie every page change and found this was when it gets lost.  Soon =
>as you come into the Secure area which works on the other the other 2 =
>websites which are exactly the same. The cookie vanishes!  I have it =
>redirect to the homepage if there is not a cookie.  Now from the home =
>page I click to go to my shopping cart and BAM it pulls up the info =
>using the cookie which now exists.
>
>My current problems are due to a lot of limitations.  I do not have =
>access to my error log file which really hurts.  I also do not know the =
>complete configuration of the server.  I requested it be the same as the =
>other 2 we are using and like I said all the other scripts I am using =
>work fine.
>
>Is there something that anyone can advise me to do  to solve what is the =
>problem here.  I know I have not given a lot of specifics but this is =
>all I have without going into a lot of detail.  If you need more let me =
>know. =20
>
>Billy Marlin
>
>Here is how the cookies are handled
>
>################################## Function =
>##################################
>#
>#  Function: getCookie
>#
>#  Description:
># Look for a cookie.  If one is not set, set one based on the current =
>time.
>#
>#  Notes:
>#
>#########################################################################=
>#####
>sub getCookie
>{
> # Does a cookie exist?
> my($cartkey) =3D cookie(-name=3D>&cart::CART_COOKIE);
>
> # If a cookie exists, an administrator is logged in
>    if (!$cartkey)
> {
>  # Cookie doesn't exist
>  # Set a cookie based on the current time in seconds since the Epoch
>  $cartkey =3D time;
>
>  # Prepare the cookie to go in the header
>  my($cookie) =3D cookie(-name=3D>&cart::CART_COOKIE, =
>-value=3D>$cartkey);
>
>  # Set the cookie in the header
>  print header(-cookie=3D>$cookie);
>  &webpage::headerPrinted();
> }
>=20
> return $cartkey;
>} # getCookie


-- 
David Hempy 
Internet Database Administrator
Kentucky Educational Television 
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