Setting Cookie.Expires

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I'm trying to set the Expires property of a cookie in a control by doing the
following:
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires =
DateTime.Today.AddDays(1);

But when I refresh the page and check the same
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it has the default date
1/1/0001.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Joe
 
Sorry I made a mistake in the posting. When I check
this.Context.Request.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it is the default value.
 
Here is the thing you need to realize.

Request.cookies and Response.cookies are 2 different collections
So if you set correct expiration date in Response.Cookie when you check
Request.Cookie will still have old expiration date.

There need to be roundtrip to browser and back for Request.Cookie to become
what you have set it to in previous request.

George.


Joe said:
Sorry I made a mistake in the posting. When I check
this.Context.Request.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it is the default value.

Joe said:
I'm trying to set the Expires property of a cookie in a control by doing
the following:
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires =
DateTime.Today.AddDays(1);

But when I refresh the page and check the same
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it has the default date
1/1/0001.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Joe
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Hi Joe,

As for the Cookie expire time, it does have been set on the cookie (you add
into the Response.Cookies collection). The problem that you didn't see the
expire value the next time the page submit is because the client browser or
the request http message doesn't include the expire date value. I 've
performed test by adding cookie with expire date assigned and post the page
again. I use some utility to trace the http request/response and found that
the response http message will include expire date(you asigned) for cookie,
however, thet request message will only include name/value pair for
cookies.

I think this is a fixed behavior of webbrowser since it will maintain the
expire/validation of cookies. If a cookie has expired, the browser will no
longer send it (and remove it at client).

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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From: "Joe" <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Setting Cookie.Expires
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:15:16 -0500
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Sorry I made a mistake in the posting. When I check
this.Context.Request.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it is the default value.

Joe said:
I'm trying to set the Expires property of a cookie in a control by doing
the following:
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires =
DateTime.Today.AddDays(1);

But when I refresh the page and check the same
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it has the default date
1/1/0001.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Joe
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Hi Joe,

Does the information in my last reply help you some? If there is anything
else need help, welcome to post here.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we

can improve the support we provide to you. Please feel free to let my
manager know what you think of

the level of service provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager
at: (e-mail address removed).
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From: (e-mail address removed) ("Steven Cheng")
Organization: Microsoft
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:13:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Setting Cookie.Expires
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Hi Joe,

As for the Cookie expire time, it does have been set on the cookie (you add
into the Response.Cookies collection). The problem that you didn't see the
expire value the next time the page submit is because the client browser or
the request http message doesn't include the expire date value. I 've
performed test by adding cookie with expire date assigned and post the page
again. I use some utility to trace the http request/response and found that
the response http message will include expire date(you asigned) for cookie,
however, thet request message will only include name/value pair for
cookies.

I think this is a fixed behavior of webbrowser since it will maintain the
expire/validation of cookies. If a cookie has expired, the browser will no
longer send it (and remove it at client).

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we

can improve the support we provide to you. Please feel free to let my
manager know what you think of

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at: (e-mail address removed).

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From: "Joe" <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Setting Cookie.Expires
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:15:16 -0500
Click to expand...
Sorry I made a mistake in the posting. When I check
this.Context.Request.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it is the default value.

Joe said:
I'm trying to set the Expires property of a cookie in a control by doing
the following:
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires =
DateTime.Today.AddDays(1);

But when I refresh the page and check the same
this.Context.Response.Cookies["mycookie"].Expires it has the default date
1/1/0001.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Joe
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