CS2K & Cookieless Sessions

Originally posted by : Adam Kassell (adam.kassell@issolutions.co.uk)I am currently investigating an upgrade from Site Server Commerce Edition 3 to CS2K. Unfortunately some of our customer base is insisting on a cookieless solution to placing their on-line orders. This is due primarily because machines being used are part of university/college networks that need to support multiple users and/or generally have cookies disabled either for security or some other reason.I am aware of cookie munging, but have been told that it may not be suitable for a site taking as many orders at this one - up to 7000 orders per day with very heavy peaks. My team here has been unable to remove cookies completely using Site Server and it has been suggested that we upgrade to Commerce Server 2000. However, I am not sure that we won't come across the same problems. Can anyone verify if it is possible to have a completely cookieless solution or at least no client side cookies using Commerce Server 2000.Many thanksAdam Kassell

Originally posted by : av (avu@ci.bellevue.wa.us)Yes, CS2K handles cookies and cookiesless. If cookiesless then all data in cookies will be convert to url string with GET method.Alan Vu------------Adam Kassell at 7/23/2001 1:20:29 PMI am currently investigating an upgrade from Site Server Commerce Edition 3 to CS2K. Unfortunately some of our customer base is insisting on a cookieless solution to placing their on-line orders. This is due primarily because machines being used are part of university/college networks that need to support multiple users and/or generally have cookies disabled either for security or some other reason.I am aware of cookie munging, but have been told that it may not be suitable for a site taking as many orders at this one - up to 7000 orders per day with very heavy peaks. My team here has been unable to remove cookies completely using Site Server and it has been suggested that we upgrade to Commerce Server 2000. However, I am not sure that we won't come across the same problems. Can anyone verify if it is possible to have a completely cookieless solution or at least no client side cookies using Commerce Server 2000.Many thanksAdam Kassell

Originally posted by : Adam Kassell (adam.kassell@issolutions.co.uk)Many thanks for your response Alan. I'm not sure if I understand your message correctly, but are you saying that upgrading to CS2K will interrogate the browser settings of visitors automatically and convert cookie data to the URL string automatically, or will our existing code need to be modified to support this?Adam------------av at 7/26/2001 9:13:14 AMYes, CS2K handles cookies and cookiesless. If cookiesless then all data in cookies will be convert to url string with GET method.Alan Vu------------Adam Kassell at 7/23/2001 1:20:29 PMI am currently investigating an upgrade from Site Server Commerce Edition 3 to CS2K. Unfortunately some of our customer base is insisting on a cookieless solution to placing their on-line orders. This is due primarily because machines being used are part of university/college networks that need to support multiple users and/or generally have cookies disabled either for security or some other reason.I am aware of cookie munging, but have been told that it may not be suitable for a site taking as many orders at this one - up to 7000 orders per day with very heavy peaks. My team here has been unable to remove cookies completely using Site Server and it has been suggested that we upgrade to Commerce Server 2000. However, I am not sure that we won't come across the same problems. Can anyone verify if it is possible to have a completely cookieless solution or at least no client side cookies using Commerce Server 2000.Many thanksAdam Kassell

Originally posted by : AV (avu@ci.bellevue.wa.us)I am sorry I am afraid that you have to do work here. Even straight migration is not a simple one.------------Adam Kassell at 7/26/2001 11:44:05 AMMany thanks for your response Alan. I'm not sure if I understand your message correctly, but are you saying that upgrading to CS2K will interrogate the browser settings of visitors automatically and convert cookie data to the URL string automatically, or will our existing code need to be modified to support this?Adam------------av at 7/26/2001 9:13:14 AMYes, CS2K handles cookies and cookiesless. If cookiesless then all data in cookies will be convert to url string with GET method.Alan Vu------------Adam Kassell at 7/23/2001 1:20:29 PMI am currently investigating an upgrade from Site Server Commerce Edition 3 to CS2K. Unfortunately some of our customer base is insisting on a cookieless solution to placing their on-line orders. This is due primarily because machines being used are part of university/college networks that need to support multiple users and/or generally have cookies disabled either for security or some other reason.I am aware of cookie munging, but have been told that it may not be suitable for a site taking as many orders at this one - up to 7000 orders per day with very heavy peaks. My team here has been unable to remove cookies completely using Site Server and it has been suggested that we upgrade to Commerce Server 2000. However, I am not sure that we won't come across the same problems. Can anyone verify if it is possible to have a completely cookieless solution or at least no client side cookies using Commerce Server 2000.Many thanksAdam Kassell