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rnd me · 09-24-2012, 10:42 AM

use the ip as the primary key of a 2-col poll table.

the vote is an integer 0-5 or whatever.

Code:

IP         VOTE
1.1.1.1   4
1.2.1.1   2
1.2.1.1   2
4.2.1.1   0
1.2.9.1   3

i use zero here to 'cancel' a vote for a given ip. looks like #2 is winning...

in this way, someone can update their vote, but they can't vote more times than you can reasonably screen against without sign-in.

yes, they can vote at the coffee shop, on their phone, and at work, but they can't sit there and vote 500 times in a row...

09-24-2012, 10:42 AM	PM User \| #8
rnd me Senior Coder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Urbana Posts: 3,469 Thanks: 9 Thanked 466 Times in 450 Posts	use the ip as the primary key of a 2-col poll table. the vote is an integer 0-5 or whatever. Code: IP VOTE 1.1.1.1 4 1.2.1.1 2 1.2.1.1 2 4.2.1.1 0 1.2.9.1 3 i use zero here to 'cancel' a vote for a given ip. looks like #2 is winning... in this way, someone can update their vote, but they can't vote more times than you can reasonably screen against without sign-in. yes, they can vote at the coffee shop, on their phone, and at work, but they can't sit there and vote 500 times in a row... __________________ my site (updated 5/13) STATS (2013/5) HTML5:90.2% MOB:14% IE7:0.5% IE8:8.6% IE9:9.8% IE10:10% Last edited by rnd me; 09-24-2012 at 10:44 AM..