[Immortalarena]

I am starting to use cookies on a site driven by asp, but if a link on the site goes from http://example.com/ to http://www.example.com/ the cookie no longer works. Is there a way to instruct the cookie to work this way?

ASP Cookie:
Response.Cookies("user")("firstname")="John"


Thanks in advance!

-Matt

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[DragonMaster Jay]

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[Immortalarena]

Yes, that shows me how to make the cookie and set the expiration but doesn't have any information on having a cookie work on 2 hosts. www.example.com and example.com
My Cookies work, but I have to log in again if a page crosses between the two.
I can set the expiration by using:
Response.Cookies("user").Expires = Date() + 10

can I set the cookie like this
cookie("user").Host = "www.example.com"
cookie("user").Host = "example.com"

so that it works on both. I notice that this site uses ".geekstogo.com"
does that take care of this possibility?

Just trying to clarify a few points.

Edited by Immortalarena, 20 April 2009 - 11:23 PM.

[DragonMaster Jay]

code the same cookie on both pages?

[Immortalarena]

Yes, the problem I'm having is there is a secure section of the site, and I want the cookie to work if they have www at the beginning of the site, and if they leave it off. Also if they log into the .com section of the site, they would get logged off when it was coded to go to the .net section. So I was wondering if there was an easy way to script the Cookie to work this way or if I had to have a scripted page that activated the cookie for each possibility. Thanks,
-Matt

[Immortalarena]

Sorry for Double Posting but I just found the answer to my question. I was looking for the Host element for the cookie, the actual term was Domain.

By Setting the
Response.Cookies("user").Domain = ".example.com"

I was able to avoid any confusion and it stays logged in no matter what part of the site I am on. Thanks a lot for the help. That .Domain was what I was looking for.

-Matt

[DragonMaster Jay]

Very good. If you have any more questions, this thread will be open.