Update Databases from Webserver

[Peter Risdon]

FreeBSD Mail Lists wrote:
> Peter, Thanks for your response. In response to
> 
>> You don't say why you'd want to do this. If you want to allow
>> customers of an e-commerce site to avoid repeating their details
>> whenever they want to buy, perhaps consider basing the payment
>> backend around PayPal. The need for users to authenticate in order
>> to make a payment hasn't brought e-Bay to its knees.
> 
> 
> Pretty much the end result would be Amazon like with the customer
> being able to choose a previously used card.  Is this possible
> without storing credit card numbers or using paypal?
> 

Well, yes, this is a convenience. But there's a very good reason why you
only find this at very big online retailers like Amazon: It's a biggie. 
All the replies you had that I've seen point this out one way or another.

Peter.