[thelist] Reading an ASP cookie on another application server

Chris Hayes chris at lwcdial.net
Wed Aug 18 12:25:32 CDT 2004


Erm, thanks, but aren't cookies meant to be set on the client side.

The idea is seemless login, if I CFHTTP, the only cookies retrieved will be
on the server, not the user's machine.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Howden" <jeff at jeffhowden.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:28 PM
Subject: RE: [thelist] Reading an ASP cookie on another application server


> Chris,
>
> ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
> > Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)
> >
> > Wow.  So it has NO idea what it's printing out...  I
> > think I finally understand the depth of the problem :)
> >
> > Can you do an HTTP GET request from CF?  If so, you
> > could create a small .asp file that simply says
> >
> > <%=Request.Cookies(Request.Querystring(cookieKey))%>
> >
> > and then wrap a GET to that file in a small function
> > which you could call in your CF pages.
> ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
>
> <cfhttp url="http://#cgi.http_hose#/cookie.asp" method="get"></cfhttp>
> <cfscript>
>   cookie_value = cfhttp.filecontent
> </cfscript>
>
> Good luck,
>
> Jeff
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