Posted by Chung Leong on 03/03/06 02:19

Carl wrote:
> It sounds to me like you're saying you should use GET unless its a
> persistent value, I say don't use get unless it's NOT a persistent value.
> Tomatoe, Potatoe :)

Well, that's a pretty amazing conclusion, consider that your comment
was "my advise would be the opposite." In any event, what I was saying
must have made better sense, as it doesn't involve a double negation.

> And i suggested that passing the user_id in the url would require you to
> log back in if you navigate back to the site in another browser/tab.
> *Broken*, IMHO.

And your suggestion would be wrong. If the user_id is in the URL then
it would obviously be retained when you navigate to it in a new tab.

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