Storing user personal Settings for a site

[joelwenzel]

Hi,

I am developing a site that allows users to view data. Each user, however, may wish to view the data in slightly different ways (eg, different graphs, different labels, different layouts, etc). Should these user preferences be stored in a cookie or in a database? I'm leaning towards database because users will likely be viewing the information on different machines...but I've never used cookies before so figured I should consider them.

thanks

 

[TipGiver]

Take a look at the Profile object. As for the different machines.. users will have their credentials, right?

 

[jbenson001]

Use the database. Settings can then be changed or added or deleted easily. And you won't have to worry about possible cookie problems.

Jim