[ic] Help! Checked the FAQ and search archives but still clueless!

[Ed LaFrance]

At 09:13 AM 05/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>At 02:47 AM 5/10/2001, you wrote:
> >You should find that if you have your secure checkout
> >set to https://www.motorhaven.com/cgi-bin/construct,
> >that it will work fine.
>
>I can't.  Server certs, unless registered as wild-cards (more
>expensive), point to a specific sub-domain.  On our system,
>its secure.motorhaven.com.
>
> >I have no idea why (as I'm
> >pretty damn new to all of this) but I have tried it
> >with several servers and found this problem on all of
> >them.
>
>For some reason, the session id is not passed via a form
>variable.  I'm not sure (yet) how Interchange keeps tracks
>of carts.

I have always used the http://www.domain.com & https://www.domain.com 
scenario. Having said that, ensure that all forms in your catalog contain 
this input:

<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_session_id VALUE="[data session id]">

...it may help with your problem, and it is an absolute necessity if you 
want your catalog to work for users who have disabled cookie support in 
their browsers.

- Ed L.


> >It seems that the www.domainname.com/blah/blah
> >must be the same with the http:// as with the https://
> >or some browser versions will drop the cart contents,
> >especially the newer versions of IE.  I even tried the
> >sessionexpire and wideopen stuff too.  I had to switch
> >hosts several times to find one that had their secure
> >server setup in a way that would allow the cart
> >contents to be passed and I found that many hosts
> >didn't even realize that the problem existed until I
> >bitched and complained many, many times.  But hey, if
> >anyone knows a way around it, I would love to hear
> >about it.
>
>The problem is with Interchange.  There's no reason
>why it should not be able to pass the cart session id from
>one page to another, regardless of domains and whether
>cookies are turned on (it can be passed as a form
>variable).  I've being doing this for years with
>"Web Store" from Extropia.com using a different sub-
>domain (now) and a completely different domain (before
>we got a dedicated machine).  I finally DID get it
>working last night, using secure.motorhaven.com for
>the secure and insecure cart but it turned out it
>was a compile/install problem with SQL::Statement.
>
>
>Later,
>Ken
>
>
>
>
>
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