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Aaron Abelard (aarona@iquest.net)
Mon, 7 Apr 1997 08:45:19 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 08:45:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Abelard <aarona@iquest.net>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] Passing info between html files
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.970407084439.21577D-100000@iquest9>

On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Peter Kosenko wrote:

> Perhaps this will help. I am developing a string of user input form
> pages that need to "maintain state" (i.e., recognize the user). The
> simple way of doing this is to use the "hidden" input form type in all
> subsequent page's forms after the user inputs username in the first
> form:
>
> <input type=hidden name="username" value="$username">
>
> Of course, using this method, each page has to have a submit button,
> however much hidden form information it might otherwise have.
>
> Robert Donahue wrote:
> >
> > What methods can be used to pass variables from one html document to
> > another? I am trying to build an invoice on the fly and I need to
> > store the order item information and eventually create an invoice.

You could pass a cookie to the browser, and store the information in SQL,
using the cookie as the index record for your database. 

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