On Sep 27, 10:48 pm, "Juan T. Llibre" <nomailrepl...@nowhere.com>
wrote:
> re:
> !> How is Request.Cookies.Count evaluating to 3 & 5
>
> Request.Cookies.Count doesn't only count the cookies you have explicitly created in the page.
> It also counts the ASP.NET cookie(s).
>
> re:
> !> when ONLY 1 cookie gets created (in the Temporary Internet Files folder)?
> You're actually creating 5 cookies, and storing them in one cookie file.
>
> You can easily loop through all the cookies, and verify this.
>
> Right after your code line which reads :
>
> Response.Write("Last Visit: " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastVisitedDate") _
> & " at " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastVisitedTime"))
>
> ...place this code :
>
> Dim output As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
> Dim aCookie As HttpCookie
> Dim i As Integer
> For i = 0 To Request.Cookies.Count - 1
> aCookie = Request.Cookies(i)
> output.Append(("Name = " & aCookie.Name + "<br />"))
>
> If aCookie.HasKeys Then
> Dim j As Integer
> For j = 0 To aCookie.Values.Count - 1
> Dim subkeyName as string = Server.HtmlEncode(aCookie.Values.AllKeys(j))
> Dim subkeyValue as string = Server.HtmlEncode(aCookie.Values(j))
> output.Append(("Subkey name = " & subkeyName + "<br />"))
> output.Append(("Subkey value = " & subkeyValue + "<br /><br />"))
> Next j
> Else
> output.Append(("Value = " & Server.HtmlEncode(aCookie.Value) + "<br /><br />"))
> End If
> Next i
> Label1.Text = output.ToString()
>
> ---000---
>
> Now, create a form in your html and add a label named Label1...
>
> <html>
> <head runat="server">
> <title>Cookie Example</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <form id="form1" runat="server">
> <div>
> <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>
> </div>
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> Now, run your page again.
>
> You will see *all* the cookies you've created, with their subkey names and values.
>
> Count them...and notice that the ASP..NET SessionID cookie is also listed.
>
> You may be able to see cookies created by other applications,
> because you did not restrict the cookies' path to the application
> in which you're creating the cookies, so you'll see *all* the cookies
> which are being created within your default path ( "/" ).
>
> Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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> ======================================
>
>
>
> <r...@rediffmail.com> wrote in messagenews:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This is how I am creating & then reading cookies:
>
> > <script runat="server">
> > Sub Page_Load(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal ea As EventArgs)
> > 'create cookies
> > Response.Cookies("UserName").Value = "Ron"
> > Response.Cookies("UserName").Expires = "12/31/2008"
>
> > Response.Cookies("UserDetails")("FirstName") = "Ronnie"
> > Response.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastName") = "Nathan"
> > Response.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastVisitedDate") =
> > DateTime.Now.ToString("d")
> > Response.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastVisitedTime") =
> > DateTime.Now.ToString("T")
> > Response.Cookies("UserDetails").Expires = "12/31/2008"
>
> > 'read cookies count
> > Response.Write(Request.Cookies.Count & " cookies created!
> > <br>")
>
> > 'read cookies
> > Response.Write("Full Name : " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")
> > ("FirstName") & " " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastName") &
> > "<br>")
>
> > Response.Write("User Name : " &
> > Request.Cookies("UserName").Value & "<br>")
>
> > Response.Write("Last Visit: " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")
> > ("LastVisitedDate") & " at " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")
> > ("LastVisitedTime"))
> > End Sub
> > </script>
>
> > As such, the cookie gets created successfully. ONLY 1 cookie gets
> > created but when I run the above code for the first time i.e. when the
> > cookie doesn't exist, Request.Cookies.Count evaluates to 3 & on
> > further page refreshes, Request.Cookies.Count evaluates to 5.
>
> > How is Request.Cookies.Count evaluating to 3 & 5 when ONLY 1 cookie
> > gets created (in the Temporary Internet Files folder)?
>
> > Thanks- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thank a lot, Juan, for your input. It was indeed very kind of you to
give me such an elaborate & to-the-point answer. Thanks once again but
I still have got a couple of doubts lingering in my mind.
You already had a look at the code I cited in post #1 that creates &
reads cookies. I created another ASP.NET page & created the same
cookie with the same keys in the traditional ASP.NET way (the code in
post #1 was more of ASP):
<script runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal ea As EventArgs)
'create cookies
Dim hCookie As HttpCookie
hCookie = New HttpCookie("UserName")
hCookie.Value = "Ron"
hCookie.Expires = "12/31/2008"
Response.Cookies.Add(hCookie)
hCookie = New HttpCookie("UserDetails")
hCookie.Values.Add("FirstName", "Ronnie")
hCookie.Expires = "12/31/2008"
Response.Cookies.Add(hCookie)
hCookie.Values.Add("LastName", "Nathan")
hCookie.Expires = "12/31/2008"
Response.Cookies.Add(hCookie)
hCookie.Values.Add("LastVisitedDate",
DateTime.Now.ToString("d"))
hCookie.Expires = "12/31/2008"
Response.Cookies.Add(hCookie)
hCookie.Values.Add("LastVisitedTime",
DateTime.Now.ToString("T"))
hCookie.Expires = "12/31/2008"
Response.Cookies.Add(hCookie)
'read cookie count
Response.Write(Request.Cookies.Count & " cookies created!
<br>")
'read cookies
Response.Write("Full Name : " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")
("FirstName") & " " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")("LastName") &
"<br>")
Response.Write("User Name : " &
Request.Cookies("UserName").Value & "<br>")
Response.Write("Last Visit: " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")
("LastVisitedDate") & " at " & Request.Cookies("UserDetails")
("LastVisitedTime"))
End Sub
</script>
The above code creates the same cookie with the same keys & values as
the code in post #1 creates but this time, the cookie count comes to 6
& NOT 3 (which was the cookie count in the code in post #1). Now why
this difference in the cookie count although both the codes, if I am
not mistaken, do the same thing?
Note that I executed the above code AFTER manually DELETING the cookie
that the code in post #1 created & vice-versa.
I also added your code snippet in both the codes. The code in post #1
generated this output (this is only the output your code generated):
------------------------------------------------------------
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Value: sxgym055kbqw5t55ywa1hrnw
Name: UserName
Value: Ron
Name: UserDetails
Subkey Name: FirstName
Subkey Value: Ronnie
Subkey Name: LastName
Subkey Value: Nathan
Subkey Name: DateLastVisited
Subkey Value: 9/30/2007
Subkey Name: TimeLastVisited
Subkey Value: 2:03:26 PM
------------------------------------------------------------
whereas the code cited in this post generated this output:
------------------------------------------------------------
Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Value: ckveunmaaokqqm45fjcp2p2x
Name: UserName
Value: Ron
Name: UserDetails
Subkey Name: FirstName
Subkey Value: Ronnie
Subkey Name: LastName
Subkey Value: Nathan
Subkey Name: LastVisitedDate
Subkey Value: 9/30/2007
Subkey Name: LastVisitedTime
Subkey Value: 2:21:23 PM
Name: UserDetails
Subkey Name: FirstName
Subkey Value: Ronnie
Subkey Name: LastName
Subkey Value: Nathan
Subkey Name: LastVisitedDate
Subkey Value: 9/30/2007
Subkey Name: LastVisitedTime
Subkey Value: 2:21:23 PM
Name: UserDetails
Subkey Name: FirstName
Subkey Value: Ronnie
Subkey Name: LastName
Subkey Value: Nathan
Subkey Name: LastVisitedDate
Subkey Value: 9/30/2007
Subkey Name: LastVisitedTime
Subkey Value: 2:21:23 PM
Name: UserDetails
Subkey Name: FirstName
Subkey Value: Ronnie
Subkey Name: LastName
Subkey Value: Nathan
Subkey Name: LastVisitedDate
Subkey Value: 9/30/2007
Subkey Name: LastVisitedTime
Subkey Value: 2:21:23 PM
------------------------------------------------------------
Since I created 4 keys (FirstName, LastName, LastVisitedDate &
LastVisitedTime) in the cookie named "UserDetails", the same cookie
info got repeated 4 times whereas the code in post #1 generated the
cookie info only once though that code also creates the same 4 keys in
the cookie named "UserDetails". Why this difference?
Also I found that if I get rid of one of the keys created in the
cookie "UserDetails" from the code shown in this post, the cookie
count changes from 6 to 5 & the same cookie info gets repeated 3
times. If I delete another key, then the cookie count comes down to 4
(from 5) & the same cookie info gets repeated 2 times so on & so
forth. So this means that Request.Cookies.Count not only adds the no.
of cookies present but also adds the no. of keys created in the
cookies.......
Ron
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