Re: Question about cookies.

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Hey Roland, Have a look at this article,
http://www.thescripts.com/serversidescripting/asp/articles/page1.html . This
guy says that if you don't set the Expires property then the cookie is
destroyed when the user closes his/her browser. I have done that and it does
destroy the cookie.

Sorry man but you need to update you knowledge about cookies.

Joe


"Roland Hall" wrote:

> "Joe" wrote in message
> news:C2DA98A8-DFFC-4977-8148-6BD34913EABF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : I want to use cookies instead of session variables for better performance
> on
> : a website.
>
> Better performance?
>
> : But I would like to expire cookie as soon as the user closes the
> : browser window.
>
> Sorry Charlie. The browser would have to update the server that it was
> leaving and that just doesn't happen.
>
> : Just like session variable,
>
> Sessions do not expire when the client closes the browser. The expire when
> they're explicitly told to expire or they time out. The default is 20
> minutes.
>
> : cookie should expire after
> : browser window is closed.
>
> It will, based on the termination date/time.
>
> : Can someone tell me if this possible.
>
> Never seen it done.
>
> : If it is how
> : should I do it.
>
> Prayer perhaps. (O:=
>
> : Thanks for your time.
>
> No problem.
>
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