Where does my local cookie hide and what's it called ?

[mark4asp]

Hello,

I'm running my script locally and the cookie has been saved on the
machine because the login page is by-passed (with the Redirect to
"menu.asp" below.

OK - but where is my cookie stored? Or at least give me clue. What
will the cookie be called and what text will it contain if:
iAuthorID = 1
iSecurityLvl = 3
uName = "barny" ?

The machine user is "flintstone " and machine name is "W2KPro". The
CookieName will be "mABmyASPBl og"

== == == == ==

Const SITE_NAME = "my ASP Blog"

If getCookie("mAB" & replaceText(SIT E_NAME, "\W+", "")) Then
Response.Redire ct"menu.asp"
End If

Sub saveCookie(uNam e, CookieName)
Response.Cookie s(CookieName)(" aid") = Session("iAutho rID")
Response.Cookie s(CookieName)(" slvl") = Session("iSecur ityLvl")
Response.Cookie s(CookieName)(" login") = uName
Response.Cookie s(CookieName).E xpires = DateAdd("m",3,N ow)
End Sub

Function getCookie(Cooki eName)
Dim iAuthorID, iSecurityLvl, userName, sSQL, rsAuthor
iAuthorID = Request.Cookies (CookieName)("a id")
iSecurityLvl = Request.Cookies (CookieName)("s lvl")
userName = Request.Cookies (CookieName)("l ogin")

If IsWholeNumber(i AuthorID) And IsWholeNumber(i SecurityLvl)
And userName > "" Then
sSQL = "SELECT author_ID FROM tblAuthors" &_
" WHERE userName =" & fixSQLQuotes(us erName) &_
" AND author_ID =" & iAuthorID &_
" AND security_ID =" & iSecurityLvl
Set rsAuthor = doAdoRs("Blog", sSql, 0, 1)
If Not (rsAuthor Is Nothing) Then
If Not(rsAuthor.EO F Or rsAuthor.BOF) Then
Session("iAutho rID") = iAuthorID
Session("iSecur ityLvl") = iSecurityLvl
saveCookie userName, CookieName
getCookie = True
Exit Function
End If
End If
End If
getCookie = False
End Function

[Tom B]

You should find it in your profile, under cookies. Usually, they are named
us******@domain name.txt

The above is assuming IE, I'm sure other browsers store them differently.
"mark4asp" <ma************ ****@ntlworld.c om> wrote in message
news:6c******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

Hello,

I'm running my script locally and the cookie has been saved on the
machine because the login page is by-passed (with the Redirect to
"menu.asp" below.

OK - but where is my cookie stored? Or at least give me clue. What
will the cookie be called and what text will it contain if:
iAuthorID = 1
iSecurityLvl = 3
uName = "barny" ?

The machine user is "flintstone " and machine name is "W2KPro". The
CookieName will be "mABmyASPBl og"

== == == == ==

Const SITE_NAME = "my ASP Blog"

If getCookie("mAB" & replaceText(SIT E_NAME, "\W+", "")) Then
Response.Redire ct"menu.asp"
End If

Sub saveCookie(uNam e, CookieName)
Response.Cookie s(CookieName)(" aid") = Session("iAutho rID")
Response.Cookie s(CookieName)(" slvl") = Session("iSecur ityLvl")
Response.Cookie s(CookieName)(" login") = uName
Response.Cookie s(CookieName).E xpires = DateAdd("m",3,N ow)
End Sub

Function getCookie(Cooki eName)
Dim iAuthorID, iSecurityLvl, userName, sSQL, rsAuthor
iAuthorID = Request.Cookies (CookieName)("a id")
iSecurityLvl = Request.Cookies (CookieName)("s lvl")
userName = Request.Cookies (CookieName)("l ogin")

If IsWholeNumber(i AuthorID) And IsWholeNumber(i SecurityLvl)
And userName > "" Then
sSQL = "SELECT author_ID FROM tblAuthors" &_
" WHERE userName =" & fixSQLQuotes(us erName) &_
" AND author_ID =" & iAuthorID &_
" AND security_ID =" & iSecurityLvl
Set rsAuthor = doAdoRs("Blog", sSql, 0, 1)
If Not (rsAuthor Is Nothing) Then
If Not(rsAuthor.EO F Or rsAuthor.BOF) Then
Session("iAutho rID") = iAuthorID
Session("iSecur ityLvl") = iSecurityLvl
saveCookie userName, CookieName
getCookie = True
Exit Function
End If
End If
End If
getCookie = False
End Function

[Ray at]

The cookie is stored in the location defined at
HKCU\Software\M icrosoft\Window s\Currentversio n\Explorer\Shel lFolders\Cookie s
in the registry. In NTx, this would be %userprofile%\c ookies. 9x would be
\Windows\cookie s, I'm guessing. The filename is
<yourusername>@ nameofdomain[#].txt, probably. You can open the cookie in
Notepad and decipher some of it.

Ray at work

"mark4asp" <ma************ ****@ntlworld.c om> wrote in message
news:6c******** *************** *********@4ax.c om...

Hello,

I'm running my script locally and the cookie has been saved on the
machine because the login page is by-passed (with the Redirect to
"menu.asp" below.

OK - but where is my cookie stored? Or at least give me clue. What
will the cookie be called and what text will it contain if:
iAuthorID = 1
iSecurityLvl = 3