I have a session file, after some idle time it redirects
users back to the login page. What I need is the system should
remember where the users where after login again to the same
application..Is this possible ?
I would use a META refresh tag that places the current page
address into the URL. Your login authentication page could see if
the URL variable exists, and if so, do a CFLOCATE to that page. As
Dan points out, accounting for missing form and URL variables could
be tough. Making them session variables will only work if your
session timeout is less than the META refresh time.
Retrieve the URL of the previous page using HTTP_REFERER and
store it in a hidden field in the login form.
You will need to code intuitively so that it's not broken
when a user fails a login and is redirected back to the login page
or an error page. You just have to make sure to keep passing that
same value even if a user fails the login, which is why you may
need to store it in a SESSION variable so it is maintained.
You could incorporate your login form as part of your
application.cfm file (include + cfabort), that way the user is not
actually redirected before or after login. Of course, with any log
in / log out solution you will have to decide whether or not you
want to pass form / url variables through the login script.
You totally confused me. I want to retrieve the last thing
was being searched by a user before they time out. After they
logged in, they should be redirected to the same search
criteria.
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Originally posted by:
emmim44 You totally confused me. I want to retrieve the last thing
was being searched by a user before they time out. After they
logged in, they should be redirected to the same search criteria.
Pass the search criteria through a URL variable to the login
page. Maintain that variable in the URL after the login.
Then, after login, redirect the user, back to search page.
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