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  1. Sep 15th, 2003, 03:30 PM #1
    BarankinBeAMan
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    Cookies or Else ?

    I need to limit users from posting more than once their vote
    to the server.
    Is there any better way to restrict them than using cookies and(or) IP Address?

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  2. Sep 15th, 2003, 03:33 PM #2
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    Is this a survey application? If so, what did you capture in DB, IP address per user?
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  3. Sep 15th, 2003, 03:36 PM #3
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    the way I've done it is to track their userID -- only registered users logged in can vote (just like only registered users logged in can post)... then if they have already voted, you can either display the results, or deny them...
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  4. Sep 15th, 2003, 05:39 PM #4
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    survey

    This is sorta survey page, but it allows anonymous users too, so I cannot force them to register, but I may capture any other info
    including IP address and keep it in DB.
    So, would be IP better idea than cookies ?
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  6. Sep 15th, 2003, 10:26 PM #5
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    If it's on Intranet with LAN setup for dynamic IP, I would go with cookies.
    If it's on Internet, DB would be better for capturing IP addresses.
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  7. Sep 17th, 2003, 05:11 AM #6
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    Cool

    The cookies is better then IP.
    majority user dynamic ip...
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