Cookies don't survive browser close...

[elvehjem]

Hi,

I'm trying to use jquery to do some things. It works well, but I can't seem to get it to set a cookie that doesn't expire when I end the browser session.

The books and examples say this should work:

        function CheckPW(){
 
 
            var PWDiv = document.getElementById("PWDiv");
            var Uname = document.getElementById("UserName");
            var Pword = document.getElementById("PassWord");
 
            var MyUser=Uname.value;
            var MyUN=Uname.value;
            var MyPW=Pword.value;
            for (var x in User) {
                //PWDiv.innerHTML += x + " " + User[x] + "<br>";
                if(MyUN == x) {
                    if(MyPW == User[x]){
 
                        PWDiv.innerHTML += " Logged In as " + x + "<br>";
                        $.cookies.set("PWCookie", x, {expires: 15});
 
                    }
                } else {
                    //PWDiv.innerHTML += "Oh, well... <br>";
                }
 
            }
        }
 
            function LogInit(){
                logcookie = $.cookies.get("PWCookie");
                var Uname = document.getElementById("UserName");
                //alert(logcookie);
                Uname.value = logcookie;
 
                            }
 

Firefox(v3.6.3), IE8, and Google Chrome all reload the cookie as long as I have not closed the session.

When I close the browser, the cookie disappears.

One other thing... the web page and scripts are contained in a folder on my local machine. Do these have to be on a server (a bona fide web server) to work?

Any Thoughts???

Sincerely,

Ken

[acoder]

How are you accessing the page? Using localhost or 127.0.0.1 or similar or via file:// ?

[elvehjem]

I'm accessing on my development machine by double clicking the html... so I suppose it is by *file:// -- but it does the same when I put the files on my website, and also when I have a friend try it from his computer.

Ken

[elvehjem]

In Fact...

http://www.elvehjem.com/MissMap/MissMap.html is the site,

and you can try these 2 U/N / P/W combinations, if you would be so kind!

"Red Rider" : "Trigger",
"Easy Rider" : "Harley"

Thanks!

Ken