Thanks! I used the terminal to ssh into my server and run the script from the command line. This is the output:
" Set-Cookie: ART635=iweiss; path=/; expires=Fri, 07-May-2004 15:28:27 GMT Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 15:18:27 GMT Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> " ... Does that look correct? Ingo > > Hi all, > > > > I am using CGI to set a cookie: > > > > > > # create cookie: > > $packed_cookie = $query->cookie(-NAME => "cookieName", > > -VALUE => "cookieValue", > > -EXPIRES => "+10m" ); > > > > # set cookie: > > print $query->header (-COOKIE => $packed_cookie); > > > > > > Now I am experiencin a problem that looks like the cookie is not > > being set, but only on specific machines on specific browsers. > > > > What are the factors that could prevent a cookie from being set? > > > > A cookie is simply a standardized header returned before content. I saw > your post on the other list, and the browsers you mention may have not > implemented the standards properly. I would suggest using telnet or an > application that can read raw headers (there is an excellent plugin for > mozilla that does this, but I can't remember its name off the top of my > head, I posted it in a message to this list a while ago), to check what > headers are being printed and to guarantee they look correct. Then > check the browsers where they don't work, and check for known issues > with those browsers and cookie handling. Checking the actual header > will show you exactly how the cookie is attempting to be set and should > reveal if you are doing something wrong, or possibly something the older > browser doesn't understand. Of course if this really is a browser issue > I would suggest you not waste time on it, people need to be using a new > browser preferably one that implements standards corretly, but then I no > longer work professionally as a web developer and now have the luxury of > this attitude ;-)... > > http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
