Re: Cookies

From: Jos (josnospambranders_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 07/25/04

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    Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:45:10 +0200

    Saber wrote:
    > I want to prevent users from voting more than 1 time in a simple poll.
    > I tried:
    >
    > Session.Timeout = 40
    >
    > Dim objCookie As HttpCookie
    > objCookie = New HttpCookie("before", "voted")
    >
    > If Session("before") = "" And Request.Cookies("before") Is Nothing
    > Then Session("before") = "voted: true"
    > Response.Cookies.Add(objCookie)
    > ...
    >
    > But the If block runs again when I close and open page, then
    > re-submit the form, I mean Request.Cookies("before") Is Nothing
    > always is Nothing!
    > why? what I've to do?

    You need to set an expiration time to the cookie to make it
    a persistent cookie.
    If you don't, the cookie will be a session cookie, and it
    will expire with the session.

    objCookie.Expires = Date.Now().AddDays(30) 

    -- 
Jos
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