User login count

[nmretd]

I have set up a user login system. Is there a way I can count the number of times a particular user logs in ?

[monte96]

You'll need a database...

then it's very easy.. just update the count field of the table when they login.

[Dim]

I think the easiest way would be to use the registry to store/REtreive the number from the registry.

Dim x As Integer
'REtreive on form load
Private Sub Form_Load()
x = GetSetting("MyProgram", "save", "x", 0)
End Sub

'Store when loged in
Private Sub cmdLogin_Click()
x = x + 1
SaveSetting "MyProgram", "save", "x", x
End Sub


Gl,
D!m

[Wen Lie]

Well...

I agree with Monte96...
To make you easier, just try to make a table for User Login nd Password, and of course, add a field for Counter...

Cheers,
Wen Lie

[monte96]

This is not the type of info that should be written to the registry of the web server. It belongs in a database.

[Edited by monte96 on 10-08-2000 at 01:00 AM]

[Elanor Memphis]

Originally posted by monte96
This is not the type of info that should be written to the registry of the web server. It belongs in a daabase.

I don't think so either. By using the register a normal person can't manipulate the value.
When you put it in an acces database, you can change the value in wathever you want.

Sorry for my poor english!

[monte96]

Well, that's not exactly why..

Data stored in the registry should only be things such as settings for an application. A web app should never need to write to the registry for the most part. The point of putting it in a database is that it can then be displayed on a web page and easily tracked.

[Dim]

Chill guys...I thought he was talking about the logining into his application and not some online based server. If that's the case then a db is a good idea.

D!m

[monte96]

sorry d!m.. didn't mean to get so militant about it :c)