Vanishing cookies

[thebloke]

Guys

I have a cookie problem. I set a cookie:

response.cookies("agentcode") = section
Response.Cookies("agentcode").Expires= Date + 30

and if I retrieve it straight away then it's there:

response.write request.cookies("agentcode")
response.end

However I then use response.redirect to send it to another page then I try to retrieve the cookie at the very top of that page and it's empty.

I've tried this on a few machines and different browsers.

Any ideas?!

[thebloke]

....anyone?!?

[Troy Mac]

I am not big on cookies but as I understand it a redirect wont send the cookie to another page, I think you have to request that cookie again... I know there is away to keep the cookie alive I am not sure that redirect is it?

[kishore.kr]

TroyMac : Actually when you write Cookies using response object then it will be written in the client's computer. after that any asp page of that domain should be able to read it unless they are expired. i don't know why his does not work but, i tried the same code which thebloke wrote. it works fine in my system.

thebloke : properties like path, or secure may restrict the cookies to be read by pages of certain directories or https protocol respectively(i just refered a book now). but i don't think they will be set off in any iis by default. so hope no need to wander thru them.

have you tried cookies with some other pages. try with some other virtual directory to check cookies are working. hope all your browsers are set to accept cookies.

[kaihirst]

Hi

If your looking for some thing to transer informational variables to otyher pages, or just to transfer information (such as a shopping car to a HTTPS server, then back again) you could use querystrings...

Cookies a page specific not ip specific, and if you have an aol user, you knackered!!!!

sue query strings, much easier on the code, user and browswer.

ta

kai

[kishore.kr]

kaihirst :

Cookies a page specific not ip specific, and if you have an aol user, you knackered!!!!

are you sure cookies are page specific.
cookies does have disadvantages., like when users browser does not accept cookies. if you have noted thebloke's code then he wants to store a information in clients computer for 30 days. so it can't be performed with querystring. so cookies are one of the prefered choice there.

and i think cookies are not page specific.

[thebloke]

kaihirst :
and i think cookies are not page specific.

No, they're not.

I think the problem may be firewall related....I'm still checking...