Re: (nrd) cookies/redirect problem

[newrisedesigns]

I just tested your program on Apache/Win2000. Worked fine for me, so you're on the right track.

Your test could use some detail; instead of redirecting, print a standard header with cookie along with a page with a self-referencing link. That way you aren't throwing it in a loop. Also, if you're using Mozilla, I suggest installing Livehttpheaders. It's great for debugging CGI scripts.

Good luck to you.

Untested.

use strict;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

# New CGI object
my $q = CGI->new();

my $test = $q->cookie("test");

if (defined $test) {
    print $q->header;
    print $q->start_html('Test stuff');
    print "<BR><BR>\n";
    print "I got cookie value: $test<BR>\n";
    print $q->end_html;
    
} else {

    my $cookie = $q->cookie(-name => 'test',
                -value => 'test value');

print $q->header(-cookie => $cookie);
print $q->start_html("Test page");
print $q->p(q[<a href="] . $q->self_url . q[">check cookie</a>]);
print $q->end_html;
            
}

John J Reiser
newrisedesigns.com

[ibanix]

Thanks John.

I tried your code and it worked as expected. I got the page with the self-refrencing link; on click it shows that it found the cookie. I guess my server (IIS5.0 on Win2K) is to blame.

dws' mentioned a thread above, and in it he stated:
" banged my head into a wall on this one with IIS4.0 a year ago, and finally fell back on using a 0 second refresh.



<meta http-equiv=refresh  content="0;url=http://www.example.com/overhe
+re.html">

"
Does this work for other people? Or is there a better solution?

Thanks!

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