Setting and Retrieving Session ID's

[fusionaire]

OK, I know this sounds silly, but how do I establish a unique session ID for every session that takes place?<br><br>I am building a simple shopping cart application, so none of the items placed in a cart will be inserted into the database until they choose to &quot;finalize&quot; the order.<br><br>I have client and session management enabled in my Application template, so I can acces the CFID and CFToken when I test on my machine, but my sessionID is the CFID and CFToken, which is fine for client side, but I cannot figure out how to establish a unique sessionID for every unique visitor who comes to the site.<br><br>Any tips would be much appreciated.

 

[Shlomo]

see the threads on the same topic from last week and two weeks ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;Basically, in the application.cfm page on the &lt;application name = whatever line include the following - <br>SESSIONMANAGEMENT = &quot;yes&quot;&gt;<br>then on the page that has the variable you want to save type<br>&lt;cfset session.variablename= whaqt you want it to be&gt;.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;and always invoke session.variable when u callit.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>just remeber that the variable only stays pit for that session- or in my limited experience- a whole day ( hat caused some problems when I needed to test new code but was stuck with defined variables) and if you want a variable to remain with a user for longer- client variables are need which are supposedly more complex.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also cookiesmight be needed which are also more involved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>hope this helps.