Re: Expire session after successful checkout

[Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com>]

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Yes,  Take a look at /pages/canceled.html, in particular:

<FORM ACTION="[process-target]" METHOD="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="mv_doit" value="refresh">



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>> "Brian T. Allen" wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>>     What I would like to do is expire a persons session after they
>> have checked out. I don't use the Login feature, so someones
>> information isn't stored in the system anywhere, except the session.
>
>Perhaps I understood something wrong, but isn&#180;t this the purpose of the
>cancel-action.
>The doc says (on the Form-Actions-page):
>
>cancel
>       All user information (with the exception of the frames and secure
>       variable settings) is erased, and the shopping cart is emptied.
>The user
>       is then mv_nextpage or mv_orderpage. 
>
>There is an example in the simple demo where you can stop shopping and
>choose between deleting the basket-content and deleting all user
>information.
>
>So, you just have to place a button on the receipt-page (or on whatever
>page you display after checkout). If the user clicks on this button all
>his data is deleted.
>
>>     What I want to avoid is someone buying something from my site
>> using a computer at a library or cyber-cafe, then have someone else
>> come in and use the same machine, go to the site, and have the last
>> persons information still in there.
>>     One option may be a command at the end of the reciept page that
>> clears the session, but is that too soon and will that cause problems?
>
>Hm - this will not prevent the use of the back-button of the browser,
>will it?
>
>
>     Balu
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