Re: [Webware-discuss] newbie question on cookies

[markus j. <in...@mj...>]

hello
thanks, this explains the behavior

is there a way to make it last for a specified amount of time.
for example, with Perl's CGI.pm I can specify a string like "+2M",
which means, that the cookie should stay on disk for 2 month

I did not find anything like this in the sources.

markus 



On Wednesday 05 December 2001 23:44, Aaron Held wrote:
> by default it should be a session cookie, which only lives for the duration
> of the browser session, they are not written to disk
>
> -Aaron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "markus jais" <in...@mj...>
> To: <web...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:16 PM
> Subject: [Webware-discuss] newbie question on cookies
>
> > hello
> > I have the following script:
> >
> > ----
> > from WebKit.Page import Page
> > class Hello(Page):
> > def writeBody(self):
> > self.writeln('Hello, world!')
> > #self.response().setCookie('col', 'red')
> > if self.response().hasCookie('col'):
> > c = self.response().cookie('col')
> > h = "<h1 style=\"color:%s\"> python is great</h1>" % (c.value())
> > self.writeln(h)
> > else:
> > self.writeln("no cookie")
> > self.response().setCookie('col', 'blue')
> > ----
> >
> > the browser output is:
> > "Hello, world! no cookie "
> > when I reaload the page, the output stays the same.
> >
> > when I uncomment the line before the "if" statement, then the output is
> >
> > Hello, world!
> > python is great
> >
> > with the string "python is great" in red color.
> >
> > maybe may understanding of cookies in wrong, but I thougth that
> > after reloading, the cookie should be set and the "if" should be true
> > and the cookie should have the value "blue"
> >
> > when I look at
> > $HOME/.netscape/cookies I see no such cookie.
> >
> > maybe I am calling the wrong function.
> >
> > please tell me, if my understanding is just wrong, or if I am using
> > Webware incorrectly??
> >
> > thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > markus
> >
> >
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