How to count file,how many times download
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Topic: How to count file,how many times download
Posted By: khubaib
Subject: How to count file,how many times download
Date Posted: 26 November 2005 at 7:07am
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How to count file,how many times download,
any asp codes or other help thanks |
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 26 November 2005 at 12:38pm
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Easiest way is to check your log files to see how many times the url
was accessed - only counts "started" downloads though - not "finished"
downloads. Another way is to have all your links point to a download manager asp program - e.g. http://dloadmanager.asp?FILE=filename.zip The download manager updates your counters and either streams the filr to them from a db or redirects them to the actual file. ------------- 
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Posted By: khubaib
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 7:27am
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thanks your reply i am trying
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Posted By: theSCIENTIST
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 11:11am
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Or, you write to a text file, then redirect to the file for the download to begin, either of these ways are a bit flawed, in the sense that it only counts the download initiation, and disregards whether the file was fully downloaded or not, so these counters can be faked easily.
Maybe with ASP.NET there's a way to add to the counter only on download completion, but I'm not very proficient in .NET yet. ------------- :: http://www.mylittlehost.com/ - www.mylittlehost.com |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 27 November 2005 at 12:09pm
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If you stream the file under control of a script - e.g. the file itself
is stored in a db - you can also increment a "completed download"
counter but you'd have to increment your script time-out value for most
files.
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