[ic] reading a session

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Mike Heins (mikeh@minivend.com):
> Quoting Mathias Picker (mathiasp@venus.virtual-earth.de):
> > On 28 Aug, Mike Heins wrote:
> > > Quoting Mathias Picker (mathiasp@venus.virtual-earth.de):
> > > [...]
> >  	$Tag->writefile("tmp/$Session->{id}.save", $sess_string);
> > Well I needed
> > 	Vend::util::writefile(....)
> > 	
> > > 
> > > Then in your retrieve (which must be a Global usertag), do something like:
> > > 
> > > 	my $safe = new Safe;
> > > 	my $sess_string = $Tag->file("tmp/$id_to_retrieve.save");
> > > 	my $session_ref = $safe->reval($sess_string);
> > 
> > And what does this get me?? What is $session_ref, can I make it to my
> > session, so route_order(...) works?
> > 
> > > 
> > > This disconnected-payment stuff is unreliable and is a real pain.
> > > If the response is nearly real-time, you can pass the session in the
> > > ID. Or you can set the session expire time higher.
> > > [...]
> > 
> > How would I pass the session in an ID?? if its via the url: I can't do
> > that :(
> > 
> 
> Use the WideOpen directive to suppress per-host identification (less
> needed with the new Interchange session setup) then use ?id=Ejskjs8i
> or whatever in the return URL.

Or the silent post value mv_session_id. IF they cannot pass back ANY information,
then you are hosed.

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