remember me cookie in asp .net

[James]

hi,
I'm trying to remember a user who has visited the page. what i found out was
to use persistent cookie, is there any other way that i can remember the
user next time he visit?

When using cookies, I used the code below to add
-----in login.aspx------
Dim aCookie As New HttpCookie("userInfo")
aCookie.Values("userID") = "1"
aCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(50)
Response.Cookies.Add(aCookie)

and to retrieve, I used
-----in default.aspx------
Server.HtmlEncode(Request.Cookies("userInfo")("use rId"))

but I wasn't able to retrieve values from the cookies. does it matter where
I create the cookies, as i check for the cookie in default.aspx and redirect
to login.aspx if the cookie is not found.

Hope someone can help!

Thank You!!!

[Elton W]

Hi James,

One possible reason you can't retrieve cookie is that your browser blocks
cookie. Hence it never writes cookie to client computer.

HTH

Elton Wang
"James" wrote:

hi,
I'm trying to remember a user who has visited the page. what i found out was
to use persistent cookie, is there any other way that i can remember the
user next time he visit?

When using cookies, I used the code below to add
-----in login.aspx------
Dim aCookie As New HttpCookie("userInfo")
aCookie.Values("userID") = "1"
aCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(50)
Response.Cookies.Add(aCookie)

and to retrieve, I used
-----in default.aspx------
Server.HtmlEncode(Request.Cookies("userInfo")("use rId"))

but I wasn't able to retrieve values from the cookies. does it matter where
I create the cookies, as i check for the cookie in default.aspx and redirect
to login.aspx if the cookie is not found.

Hope someone can help!

Thank You!!!

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

James,
Here is some very simple cookie code as an example:

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if(Request.Cookies["test"]==null)
{
HttpCookie c = new HttpCookie("test","hello") ;
c.Expires=new DateTime(2007,1,1);
Response.Cookies.Add(c);
}
Response.Write(Request.Cookies["test"].Value);
//....

Peter
--
Co-founder, Eggheadcafe.com developer portal:
http://www.eggheadcafe.com
UnBlog:
http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.com


"James" wrote:

hi,
I'm trying to remember a user who has visited the page. what i found out was
to use persistent cookie, is there any other way that i can remember the
user next time he visit?

When using cookies, I used the code below to add
-----in login.aspx------
Dim aCookie As New HttpCookie("userInfo")
aCookie.Values("userID") = "1"
aCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(50)
Response.Cookies.Add(aCookie)

and to retrieve, I used
-----in default.aspx------
Server.HtmlEncode(Request.Cookies("userInfo")("use rId"))

but I wasn't able to retrieve values from the cookies. does it matter where
I create the cookies, as i check for the cookie in default.aspx and redirect
to login.aspx if the cookie is not found.

Hope someone can help!

Thank You!!!

[clintonG]

IE Cookie Viewer is a good tool to find and use when debugging cookies. So
is any recent releases of Firefox or Netscape.
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hi,
I'm trying to remember a user who has visited the page. what i found out
was
to use persistent cookie, is there any other way that i can remember the
user next time he visit?

When using cookies, I used the code below to add
-----in login.aspx------
Dim aCookie As New HttpCookie("userInfo")
aCookie.Values("userID") = "1"
aCookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddYears(50)
Response.Cookies.Add(aCookie)

and to retrieve, I used
-----in default.aspx------
Server.HtmlEncode(Request.Cookies("userInfo")("use rId"))

but I wasn't able to retrieve values from the cookies. does it matter
where
I create the cookies, as i check for the cookie in default.aspx and
redirect
to login.aspx if the cookie is not found.

Hope someone can help!

Thank You!!!

[James]

Hi,

Thanks for your replies!
I did a check, had my browser to allowed cookies, the cookie was created
thou, but using IE Cookie Viewer recommended by Clinton, the value UserID =
1 was stored when I first access my page, but when I access it the second
time, the cookie exists but the value disappeared!

Is there other possibilities, or any mistake that I could have made?

Thank you! Hope to hear from you soon!

[Jon Paal]

hi poopy,

this may help

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...et.cookie.aspx

"James" <po*****@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Thanks for your replies!
I did a check, had my browser to allowed cookies, the cookie was created thou, but using IE Cookie Viewer recommended by Clinton,
the value UserID = 1 was stored when I first access my page, but when I access it the second time, the cookie exists but the value
disappeared!

Is there other possibilities, or any mistake that I could have made?

Thank you! Hope to hear from you soon!