Re: [mv] Duplicate orders?

[Marius Schaefer <maillist@b-p-a.com>]

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Hi,

we had this problem and I think that sendmail hangs. Meanwhile poeple
clicked again on the button. maybe you can fix it this way.


greetings,
marius

"Christopher P. Lindsey" schrieb:
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> I didn't see much in the archives that answered this...
> 
> We've been getting many duplicate orders on the system.  They usually show
> up one or two seconds apart and only two make into the system before that
> session is cleared, but it's making customers nervous.
> 
> The only thing that I can think of is that they're clicking on the
> "Place Order" button multiple times -- there can be a one second delay
> while the secure server does its thing (maybe we should have used lower
> encryption?), so I can see people clicking on it a couple of times (I've
> seen this happen on other Web-based applications for the same reason).
> 
> Is there a way to immediately lock the session when a POST is performed
> to the checkout page?  Then, if certain conditions aren't met, the session
> could be unlocked.
> 
> Thanks for any tips,
> 
> Chris
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