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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/09/07 02:23
webcm123@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm looking for a good method of securing ratings. Cookies lock isn't
> sufficient. In addition to cookies I would need something else. I'm
> introducing some ways.
>
> -= Storing rates inside seperate tables =-
>
> Seperate tables (artrates, filerates, imgrates) will contain:
> ID of item | rate | user | IP
>
> 1 rate = 1 record. Field USER will filled if only registered users can
> rote. Otherwise - if guests can send their rate - IP address.
>
> This table can even contain a lot of rows.
> 1000 rates * 100 articles = 100 000 records
>
> ADV: Users can correct their rate.
>
>
> -= Storing only last IP =-
>
> Perhaps, Mambo does that (it results from rating table's structure).
> Every item (e.g. article) = 1 record. Even 1 table can br used (but
> 1000 items = 1000 records). However, it's possible to create 3 tables
> as in the previous way.
>
> ID of item | avg | amount of rates | lastIP
>
> 2 users with other IP can rate how many they want (even by changing
> session ID).
>
>
> -= Middle solution =-
>
> Similar as the previous, but more than 1 IP or ID of user would be
> stored in the last field of a table. Amount of rates could be set in
> administration.
>
>
> What do you think about it? Which solution is the best?
>
IP's are not unique to a user. Many users can share a single IP (i.e.
via corporate proxy), and one user may have multiple IP's in a session
(i.e. AOL users).
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JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
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