Voting Poll

[fparty]

I have a voting poll and 5 options for yes no or abstain.

db is simple for now, 5 rows each with fields

id, choice1=yes, choice2=no, choice3=abstain and vote1 vote2 vote3
catching the counts for each.

I want to user only have one for for each row.. lets say each topic is

topic1, topic2.. etc to topic5

I can catch LOCAL_ADDR coming in but i need to validate if they have voted already on each topic..

i have so far...

<code>
If LOCAL_ADDR <> Session("LOCAL_ADDR") then
rsPoll.Fields("votes" & iVote).Value = rsPoll.Fields("votes" & iVote).Value + 1
rsPoll.Update
' Set Flag to prevent revoting
Session("LOCAL_ADDR") = LOCAL_ADDR
End If
</code>

 

[ChrisHirst]

internet or intranet?

identifiable users or anonymous?



Chris.

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[fparty]

Internet, any user, ive thought of updating db with ip and id of poll?

 

[ChrisHirst]

IPs do not necessarily identify individual users why not just set a cookie on the machine?

Chris.

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[fparty]

Well most pcs wont except cookies

 

[ChrisHirst]

Third party cookies maybe, but the vast majority of people and PC's have cookies enabled.

Online shopping needs cookies.
Webmail needs cookies.

There maybe some tribe living in the mountaineous jungle region of Indonesia that don't accept cookies but the majority of people know that cookies are actually harmless and are not likely leap out of the USB ports and strangle them while they sleep.

Chris.

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Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.
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[fparty]

Can u give us cookie example never used em

 

[ChrisHirst]

http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_cookies.asp

Chris.

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Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.
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