Cookie problem! Getting error when passing the expire date.

[paul]

HI! I keep on getting this error and I have tried different things but I am
not sure how to send the expiring date.

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

----------------------------------------------------
I have this in a .js file and in the head section.

function Set_Cookie(name ,value,expires, path,domain,sec ure) {
document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTSt ring() : "") +
( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
( (secure) ? ";secure" : "");
}
I am calling it like this.

<script type="text/javascript">
Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC", "/");
</script>

What Am I doing wrong?

Paul

[web.dev]

paul wrote:

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTSt ring() : "") + [snip] Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC", "/");

What Am I doing wrong?

The toGMTString() method is method belonging to the Date object. In
your example, you are passing a string "Thu, 2 ...etc". Strings don't
have toGMTString() method.

[Stephen Chalmers]

"paul" <pa***********@ sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1S******** ***********@new s20.bellglobal. com...

HI! I keep on getting this error and I have tried different things but I
am not sure how to send the expiring date.

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

I am calling it like this.

<script type="text/javascript">
Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC", "/");
</script>

What Am I doing wrong?

toGMTString must be called for a Date object not a string literal.
Your parameter should be generated thus:

var now=new Date( new Date().setDate( now.getDate() + 31) ) //31 days

although if the expiry is intended to be after a fixed number of days,
rather
than a specific date, your function would look better accepting an integer
and using it as above to specify the expiry date.

--
S.C.

[web.dev]

paul wrote:

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTSt ring() : "") + [snip] Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC", "/");

What Am I doing wrong?

The toGMTString() method is method belonging to the Date object. In
your example, you are passing a string "Thu, 2 ...etc". Strings don't
have toGMTString() method.

[paul]

web.dev wrote:

paul wrote:

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTSt ring() : "") +

[snip]

Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC",
"/");

What Am I doing wrong?

The toGMTString() method is method belonging to the Date object. In
your example, you are passing a string "Thu, 2 ...etc". Strings don't
have toGMTString() method.

HI! thanks for reponding, hmm, how do I translate the date to numeric? do I
do it like 05, 2 06 2001 20:47:11 ? what about the UTC? do you I use a HEX
value?

Paul

[paul]

Stephen Chalmers wrote:

"paul" <pa***********@ sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1S******** ***********@new s20.bellglobal. com...

HI! I keep on getting this error and I have tried different things but I
am not sure how to send the expiring date.

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

I am calling it like this.

<script type="text/javascript">
Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC",
"/"); </script>

What Am I doing wrong?

toGMTString must be called for a Date object not a string literal.
Your parameter should be generated thus:

var now=new Date( new Date().setDate( now.getDate() + 31) ) //31 days

although if the expiry is intended to be after a fixed number of days,
rather
than a specific date, your function would look better accepting an integer
and using it as above to specify the expiry date.

HI! Thanks, I will have to take a different aproach then:

Paul

[paul]

Stephen Chalmers wrote:

"paul" <pa***********@ sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:1S******** ***********@new s20.bellglobal. com...

HI! I keep on getting this error and I have tried different things but I
am not sure how to send the expiring date.

The error that I am getting in Firefox 1.5 is

"Error: expires.toGMTSt ring is not a function"

I am calling it like this.

<script type="text/javascript">
Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC",
"/"); </script>

What Am I doing wrong?

toGMTString must be called for a Date object not a string literal.
Your parameter should be generated thus:

var now=new Date( new Date().setDate( now.getDate() + 31) ) //31 days

although if the expiry is intended to be after a fixed number of days,
rather
than a specific date, your function would look better accepting an integer
and using it as above to specify the expiry date.

HI! I am tring somthing else and I get the expired date but I am now having
trouble adding the path

function Set_Cookie(cook ieName,cookieVa lue,nDays,cooki ePath) {
var today = new Date();
var expire = new Date();
if (nDays==null || nDays==0) nDays=1;
expire.setTime( today.getTime() + 3600000*24*nDay s);
document.cookie = cookieName+"="+ escape(cookieVa lue) +
";expires="+exp ire.toGMTString (); + "path="+cookieP ath";
}

I am using this to call it.

<script type="text/javascript">
Set_Cookie("che ckpopupwarning" , "1", "7", "/");
</script>

I am getting the following as an error:

"Error: unterminated string literal"

I have tried different things but I am still getting this error or
"cookiePath not defined".

Am I adding this together correctly?
Paul

[web.dev]

paul wrote:
[snip]

";expires="+exp ire.toGMTString (); + "path="+cookieP ath";

First, remove the semicolon from the call to expire.toGMTStr ing()
Second, you have one too many quotes.

So it should be more like the following:

";expires=" + expire.toGMTStr ing() + "path=" + cookiePath;

[paul]

web.dev wrote:

paul wrote:
[snip]

";expires="+exp ire.toGMTString (); + "path="+cookieP ath";

First, remove the semicolon from the call to expire.toGMTStr ing()
Second, you have one too many quotes.

So it should be more like the following:

";expires=" + expire.toGMTStr ing() + "path=" + cookiePath;

HI! Great it works, one thing that I dont understand though is why the
forward slash does not need quotes, is it not a string value?

Paul

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

web.dev wrote:

paul wrote:
[snip]

";expires="+exp ire.toGMTString (); + "path="+cookieP ath";
First, remove the semicolon from the call to expire.toGMTStr ing()
Second, you have one too many quotes.

True.
So it should be more like the following:

";expires=" + expire.toGMTStr ing() + "path=" + cookiePath;

It should be more like

"; expires=" + expire.toGMTStr ing() + "; path=" + cookiePath;
PointedEars
--
The German psychs, the German authorities, the German secret service agents
are [...] fanatics, they are insane and known of persecuting innocent people
and Scientologists. -- "The only real Barbara Schwarz", dsw.scientology ,
<16************ **************@ posting.google. com>