using _ in cookie names

[Kevin Blount]

I have an existing site that's being update from ASP to ASP.NET (C#).
The site uses cookies and I've having trouble reading them.

For example, one Cookie created using ASP was "member_id", and using
ASP I simply get the value using 'request.cookies("member_id")'

However, using C# I have to replace '_' with '%5F' or it won't get
read, i.e.

string tempVar = Request.Cookies["member%5Fid"]

is this expected, or is there a way to locate the cookie more easily,
i.e. with the underscore character?

tia

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

Kevin,
not to sound blunt but, why not just avoid using problematic cookie names in
the first place?
Peter

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


"Kevin Blount" wrote:

I have an existing site that's being update from ASP to ASP.NET (C#).
The site uses cookies and I've having trouble reading them.

For example, one Cookie created using ASP was "member_id", and using
ASP I simply get the value using 'request.cookies("member_id")'

However, using C# I have to replace '_' with '%5F' or it won't get
read, i.e.

string tempVar = Request.Cookies["member%5Fid"]

is this expected, or is there a way to locate the cookie more easily,
i.e. with the underscore character?

tia

[msdn]

Can you use [@"member_id"] ???

Sa
"Kevin Blount" <ke**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have an existing site that's being update from ASP to ASP.NET (C#).
The site uses cookies and I've having trouble reading them.

For example, one Cookie created using ASP was "member_id", and using
ASP I simply get the value using 'request.cookies("member_id")'

However, using C# I have to replace '_' with '%5F' or it won't get
read, i.e.

string tempVar = Request.Cookies["member%5Fid"]

is this expected, or is there a way to locate the cookie more easily,
i.e. with the underscore character?

tia

[Kevin Blount]

As previously stated, this is an existing site that's being updated, so
I have to use and cater for cookies created by that existing site.
Obviously I can't go to all previous visitors to our site and
rename/update their cookies, so I have to use existing cookies with _
char in them..

now that we're over that.. any ideas?

Peter wrote:

Kevin,
not to sound blunt but, why not just avoid using problematic cookie names in
the first place?
Peter

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


"Kevin Blount" wrote:

I have an existing site that's being update from ASP to ASP.NET (C#).
The site uses cookies and I've having trouble reading them.

For example, one Cookie created using ASP was "member_id", and using
ASP I simply get the value using 'request.cookies("member_id")'

However, using C# I have to replace '_' with '%5F' or it won't get
read, i.e.

string tempVar = Request.Cookies["member%5Fid"]

is this expected, or is there a way to locate the cookie more easily,
i.e. with the underscore character?

tia

[Kevin Blount]

Good call, but unfortunately that didn't work. Thanks for the idea
though

msdn wrote:

Can you use [@"member_id"] ???

Sa
"Kevin Blount" <ke**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@y43g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...

I have an existing site that's being update from ASP to ASP.NET (C#).
The site uses cookies and I've having trouble reading them.

For example, one Cookie created using ASP was "member_id", and using
ASP I simply get the value using 'request.cookies("member_id")'

However, using C# I have to replace '_' with '%5F' or it won't get
read, i.e.

string tempVar = Request.Cookies["member%5Fid"]

is this expected, or is there a way to locate the cookie more easily,
i.e. with the underscore character?

tia

[Martin Carpella]

"Kevin Blount" <ke**********@gmail.com> writes:

string tempVar = Request.Cookies["member%5Fid"]

I suppose that the Cookie-names are not URL-decoded.

You could write it a little bit more readable by using
string tempVar = Rquest.Cookies[Server.UrlEncode("member_id")];

Best regards,
Martin

[Kevin Blount]

Martin Carpella wrote:

string tempVar = Rquest.Cookies[Server.UrlEncode("member_id")];

Unfortunately that didn't work either, Martin, but it's around where I
was looking. I just tried using Server.HtmlEncode as well, but neither
return the value of the that cookie.

Oh well..going forward I will be using .NET friendly names, but I'll
have to have to stick with %2f for existing ones.

Thanks for trying all.

[Martin Carpella]

"Kevin Blount" <ke**********@gmail.com> writes:

Martin Carpella wrote:

string tempVar = Rquest.Cookies[Server.UrlEncode("member_id")];

Unfortunately that didn't work either, Martin, but it's around where I
was looking. I just tried using Server.HtmlEncode as well, but neither
return the value of the that cookie.

Oh, I see, Server.UrlEncode seems to return lower-case characters, while
you are needing upper case... Sorry, missed that one.

Best regards,
Martin