[thelist] CF: CFCookie not sticking?

Sarah Sweeney mr.sanders at designshift.com
Fri Apr 30 11:52:48 CDT 2004


> I'm choosing to use a cookie.variable because for some reason I can't 
> use a session.var.  I can't seem to carry a variable across a page 
> reload-- I wonder if this is because it comes from an exception error 
> document, or because the exception prevents the setting of the session.var?

Frank,

OK, I understand now. From my own personal experience, I know that a 
site-wide error handler can't read session variables (which really 
sucks) - my guess is that this is also true for cookies. When I was 
looking into the problem, I found this page:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/ts/documents/tn17533.htm
Which states that: "The request's CGI, FORM, and URL variables are 
available to help your template diagnose the failing request."

If you can't make this work with cookies, maybe you could use a database 
table to track when a user has submitted this form.

Sarah


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