[thelist] JS: Cookie Madness

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Tue Feb 3 14:42:03 CST 2004


Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:

> function SetCookie (cookieName, cookieValue, expireDate) 
> {
>    if (!expireDate) expireDate = new Date();
>    document.cookie = cookieName + "=" + cookieValue + "; 
 >		expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString();

> Problem: the ; preceding expires is causing the cookie to not be
> written 

Uh, `expireDate = new Date()` is *right now* and by the time you
set the cookie it's already in the past, eh?

Presumably you want it to expire at (now + some_interval)  :-)

HTH,
-- 
Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- hassan at webtuitive.com
Webtuitive Design ===  (+1) 408-938-0567   === http://webtuitive.com

                           dream.  code.





More information about the thelist mailing list