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hellind
Junior Member
Singapore
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 Posted - 03 December 2004 : 02:03:30
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Hello,
If I am not wrong, Snitz stores the password/username in a cookie, if the user chooses 'save password'.
And when a user return to the site, and make a new post, Snitz validifies once more the cookie username/password.
So for every post that a user makes in that single visit, it makes that number of authentication with database.
Now I am thinking, what if when the user return back, the site authenticates once with the cookie usr/pwd and create a session-variable for the visit.
So if the user makes X no. of posts, it doesnt' need to check the database, it only check the session.
Comments Please? :) |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 03 December 2004 : 06:30:46
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| yesss...but - sessions last for (usually) 20 mins, so there would still be a requirement to check the db to authenticate the user |
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hellind
Junior Member
Singapore
123 Posts |
Posted - 03 December 2004 : 06:34:53
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But only if the user is in-active for 20mins....
If Session("Username") = "" Then
Authenticate()
End If
This is for my general site, where people do more than posting, they comment, upload pics, edit homepage, etc.
So it would be more effective to assign a session variable.?
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Podge
Support Moderator
Ireland
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hellind
Junior Member
Singapore
123 Posts |
Posted - 05 December 2004 : 01:24:12
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So what is your suggestion?
Are you saying that when a user logs in, and if I authenticate with the database for every post, for every image upload, for every profile change, for everything he does, it would be faster than the session variables?
:)
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 06 December 2004 : 05:16:46
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No, sessions have their uses. They each take ~35k memory (which used to be a big deal, so we used to try to code around it if the cost outweighed the benefit).
Just use the session for the 20 mins of the session, don't try to maintain a session accross multiple hours/days as a shortcut instead of logging on.
Not sure about the snitz code per se, but would be surprised if it has a database lookup for every post - however if it does, it'd be because of the above, and because the base code goes way back into the days when 4Gig of RAM was impossible ;-)
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