Programming tips - to get this accomplished... (Posted by Travis)
I have seen sites that use .asp programs
to give away free email accounts and register
people throughout a whole site with the sections.
I am wondering how this can be accomplished.
One site I went to, I got a free email account,
and my username and password was automatically
registered with the forums, chat, and auction
parts of the site.
Any tips on how to do this?
Thanks
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Travis K-P
http://www.axoskate.com
Travis
Eboarding.net
PJ posted this at 23:31 — 29th October 1999.
They have: 76 posts
Joined: Apr 1999
Travis,
They're probably using a database, probably SQL 7 if they're using ASP. I'm doing the same thing on one of the sites I'm working on. I made a registration screen where the user fills in all their information like name, address, etc. I save all this information in a customer table in SQL and also write this info to a cookie so next time they come to the site I know who they are and use this id for all posting to the site (boards, orders, etc).
Later,
PJ
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