Set cookie

Hi,

I have to set a persistent cookie which expires after 48 hrs of being set.
This has to be set within a CGI script which is called on hitting a custom tab.
The script uses CGI_lite package.

The current code which I am using is as follows:

<meta http-equiv="Set-Cookie" content="sort=$sort; expires=+48h; path=/;">

However, this works accross tabs but not if I close the c urrent window and log in again.
Ex: If I switch betwwen "Content" tab and a "custom tag", this doesnt work.

Please help me set a persistent cookie which will work accross multiple windows.

Thanks in advance,
Dhruv

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dazzlad

I don't really know about CGI::Lite.

but you can do something like this:

use CGI qw/:standard/;
use CGI::Cookie;

$c = new CGI::Cookie(-name    =>  'foo',
                             -value   =>  'bar',
                             -expires =>  '+3M',
                             -domain  =>  '.capricorn.com',
                             -path    =>  '/cgi-bin/database',
                             -secure  =>  1
                            );
print "Set-Cookie: $c\n";
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";

This is from CPAN

Most likely your cookie is disappearing because of bad path and host values that don't hold true across tabs in fact, I don't even see you setting a host in your example.

Hope this helps.

Darren.

infoForDj

HI,

The entire CGI script is written using CGI_lite package and it is on Production so cant change the package at this stage.
Is there a way to set cookies on hard drive using CGI_lite package instead of CGI package.

Thanks,
Dhruv

Adam Stoller

If you know the full syntax of the cookie name / value you might be able to do it via CGI_lite by setting $cgi->{cookie}{$name} = "$value"; - however, even if so, I have no idea whether that would write the information to disk.

If you are going to change the code to add the creation of a cookie - you could add the use of the CGI module at the same time - as long as you don't try to parse the same data with both modules they can generally co-exist (actually, I believe there is even a way to parse the data with both modules, but it's a bit hackish as I recall)

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com

dazzlad

You could just write the raw cookie data&colon;

Set-Cookie: NAME=VALUE; expires=DATE; path=PATH; domain=DOMAIN_NAME;

see http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html for more details.

Darren.

infoForDj

Hi,

I tried setting raw cookie data as well in the header section but that also doesn't seem to work.
I cannot use CGI and CGI_lite packages simultaneously as they will end up operating on the same set of data.

Is there some other way this can be accomplished?

Thanks,
Dhruv

dazzlad

In reply to:

I tried setting raw cookie data as well in the header section but that also doesn't seem to work.
Is there some other way this can be accomplished?

Just because you haven't made something work the first time that you try it doesn't mean that it won't work.

Are you sure your browser settings allow persistent cookies?

Darren.

infoForDj

Hi,

Yes, my browser allows persistent cookies since Interwoven cookie is being set (cookie that includes, role,etc).
I tried setting raw cookie data again but its not working for me.

Thanks,
Dhruv

dazzlad

I suggest you use this software

It will monitor all http requests and responses from internet explorer.

This way you can see how the IWOV cookie is set and compare it to the cookie that you are trying to write from your CGI script.

PS. When you find the answer, please post it in this thread as it is always nice for other people to be able to find the solution when they search.

Thanks!

Darren.