Re: [WebDNA] duplicate cookies being stored in browser
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2010
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 105876
interpreted = N
texte = Olin, if I'm not mistaken I've seen the behavior Steve is reporting even when I do not set a path. If this is happening only in Firefox it may be that Firefox is associating each new cookie with a specific path even though that path is not specified in webdna's setcookie tag. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome > Can you post code? If set cookies with different paths then cookies > with the same name are valid for the same domain, which will make > reading cookies tricky (I remember a problem with that years ago > that I had to solve by iterating through the cookies). > > > > From: Steve Raslevich [mailto:sraslevich@northernsoundandlight.com] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:26 AM > To: WebDNA Talk List > Subject: [WebDNA] duplicate cookies being stored in browser > > > > Hi all, > > I am setting cookies with no expiration date which should expire at > the end of the session. These cookies are cleared when logging out > of my site and the browser (firefox) is keeping them in it's list > of cookies with null values. I am experiencing at times that when > logging back in to my site that instead of setting the cookies > already stored in the browser, duplicate cookies are being added to > the list of cookies in the browser. All the cookies are only > removed when the browser is shut down. > > Any idea why the existing cookies would not just have their values > reset instead of an entire new cookie being created? Is the only > way to fix this is to specify an expiration date when setting the > cookie? > > Thanks, > Steve
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Olin, if I'm not mistaken I've seen the behavior Steve is reporting even when I do not set a path. If this is happening only in Firefox it may be that Firefox is associating each new cookie with a specific path even though that path is not specified in webdna's setcookie tag. Sincerely, Kenneth Grome > Can you post code? If set cookies with different paths then cookies > with the same name are valid for the same domain, which will make > reading cookies tricky (I remember a problem with that years ago > that I had to solve by iterating through the cookies). > > > > From: Steve Raslevich [mailto:sraslevich@northernsoundandlight.com] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:26 AM > To: WebDNA
Talk List > Subject: [WebDNA] duplicate cookies being stored in browser > > > > Hi all, > > I am setting cookies with no expiration date which should expire at > the end of the session. These cookies are cleared when logging out > of my site and the browser (firefox) is keeping them in it's list > of cookies with null values. I am experiencing at times that when > logging back in to my site that instead of setting the cookies > already stored in the browser, duplicate cookies are being added to > the list of cookies in the browser. All the cookies are only > removed when the browser is shut down. > > Any idea why the existing cookies would not just have their values > reset instead of an entire new cookie being created? Is the only > way to fix this is to specify an expiration date when setting the > cookie? > > Thanks, > Steve
Kenneth Grome
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