Internet Registration Web Application and Database
I designed and developed an Internet application that required visitors to our Web site to register before accessing certain portions of the site. The application included a MS SQL Server database backend which stored the users' registration information. I wrote the Web front-end in ASP on IIS 5, and wrote custom Visual Basic COM components to handle the business logic and the communication between the Web server and database server. Using the Web interface, the user could create an account, edit his account information, and have his password reset and the new password emailed to him if he forgot it. A cookie was placed on the user's computer if he selected the "remember me" option, but the identifier was encrypted in such a way as to prevent a user from viewing another user's account information by modifying his own cookie file. If the user later placed an order on the site, the address information would be loaded from the datab