hi! the only possibility i can think of is the following: force the users to bookmark the site with a given id (as get-parameter). once an id is used it is stored in a db or something else. but this is _no_ proper solution! ciao ma > Von: "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> > Organisation: U.S. Army > Antworten an: holmes072000@charter.net > Datum: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 09:05:42 -0400 > An: Floris <florisvankempen@home.nl> > Cc: php-db@lists.php.net > Betreff: Re: Unique user ID? > > Floris wrote: > >>> Ehm, you could use the user's ip address, and hope it isn't a dynamic one. >>> Or you'll just have to use a cookie. >> >> >> That's the problem i can't use a cookie. And everyone with a telephone like >> connection is the ip-adres dynamic. I can't use a cookie during privacy >> settings of most users. > > Then no, there's no way to identify a user when they return except for > having them log in. > > -- > ---John Holmes... > > Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ > > php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals www.phparch.com > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php