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[Dostani]

Greetings All,

I am having a bit of a problem understanding just how to make the index page gather user data. I would like to gather the server.variables data and post it to the database. IP, Referring site, Browser, Screen Size, and speed along with the page viewed and dates viewed. So far reading many books I am to assume this can be started through the Global.ASA file. and recieved through the page but how does one make this process automatically posted to a DB???? Any help with this is appreciated.

Dostani

 

[TruthInSatire]

Here are a copy of asp server variables.

http://www.webenalysis.com/servervariables.asp

alot of the stuff you want you can't get without looking at the log files.

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[Dostani]

OK seems this might be my fault here.

Thanks for the link point but I have three books that list this also. I understand what the server.variables are and how to get them to "display" my real problem is getting them to post to the DB without the user knowing. Do you make a form with hidden fields and post it that way and can I make a link do this rather then buttonizing the page?

Thanks again for your help,

Dostani

 

[TruthInSatire]

well, the variables can be added to the db without them knowing just by adding them to the query.

sql = "insert into table (field1, field2, userIP, userbrowser) values ('"&request.form("field1&quot&"', '"&request.form("field2&quot&"', '"&request.servervariables("remote_host&quot&"', '"&request.servervariables("HTTP_USER_AGENT&quot"'"

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