cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0

[eyal.herlin@gmail.com]

hi,

i set a cookie to hold a utf-8 string. either by the server or by the
client. it doesn't matter.
when i try to read this cookie using Request.Cookies ("my_utf8_cooki e")
on iis 5.0 i get garbage.
this garbage seems to be the result of treating the utf-8 data as some
single-byte encoding.
i have <%@ codepage="65001 "%set on the top of the page.
this problem does not appear on iis 5.1.
i have searched long and hard for a fix for this on news-groups and the
web but to no avail.
many people mention the problem but noone gives a proper fix.

i hope someone from MS sees this post and will put an end to this
issue.

thanks alot in advance,
Eyal Herlin

[Anthony Jones]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0


<eyal.herlin@gm ail.comwrote in message
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hi,
>
i set a cookie to hold a utf-8 string. either by the server or by the
client. it doesn't matter.
when i try to read this cookie using Request.Cookies ("my_utf8_cooki e")
on iis 5.0 i get garbage.
this garbage seems to be the result of treating the utf-8 data as some
single-byte encoding.
i have <%@ codepage="65001 "%set on the top of the page.
this problem does not appear on iis 5.1.
i have searched long and hard for a fix for this on news-groups and the
web but to no avail.
many people mention the problem but noone gives a proper fix.
>
i hope someone from MS sees this post and will put an end to this
issue.

Can you post the code that is managing to encode a cookie as UTF-8?

>
thanks alot in advance,
Eyal Herlin
>

[Mark Schupp]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0

Are you telling the browser to use utf-8 also (in the HTML):

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">

(I think you can do this with response.charse t also)

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<eyal.herlin@gm ail.comwrote in message
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>hi,
>>
>i set a cookie to hold a utf-8 string. either by the server or by the
>client. it doesn't matter.
>when i try to read this cookie using Request.Cookies ("my_utf8_cooki e")
>on iis 5.0 i get garbage.
>this garbage seems to be the result of treating the utf-8 data as some
>single-byte encoding.
>i have <%@ codepage="65001 "%set on the top of the page.
>this problem does not appear on iis 5.1.
>i have searched long and hard for a fix for this on news-groups and the
>web but to no avail.
>many people mention the problem but noone gives a proper fix.
>>
>i hope someone from MS sees this post and will put an end to this
>issue.

>
Can you post the code that is managing to encode a cookie as UTF-8?
>

>>
>thanks alot in advance,
>Eyal Herlin
>>

>
>

[Anthony Jones]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0


"Mark Schupp" <notvalid@email .netwrote in message
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Are you telling the browser to use utf-8 also (in the HTML):
>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
>
(I think you can do this with response.charse t also)

That'll impact the content but the cookie headers are outside the content.

I'm not even sure how one would go about creating a UTF-8 encoded Cookie in
the first place.

[eyal.herlin@gmail.com]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0

hi anthony,

to create a utf-8 cookie on the client side u should have a utf-8 html
page that sets the cookie through javascript.
to create a utf-8 cookie on the server side u need to have the <%@
codepage="65001 "%declerati on on top of your asp page.

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hi,

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i set a cookie to hold a utf-8 string. either by the server or by the
client. it doesn't matter.
when i try to read this cookie using Request.Cookies ("my_utf8_cooki e")
on iis 5.0 i get garbage.
this garbage seems to be the result of treating the utf-8 data as some
single-byte encoding.
i have <%@ codepage="65001 "%set on the top of the page.
this problem does not appear on iis 5.1.
i have searched long and hard for a fix for this on news-groups and the
web but to no avail.
many people mention the problem but noone gives a proper fix.

>

i hope someone from MS sees this post and will put an end to this
issue.Can you post the code that is managing to encode a cookie as UTF-8?

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thanks alot in advance,
Eyal Herlin- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

[eyal.herlin@gmail.com]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0

hi mark,
yes i do.
my question has to do with how the server treats the cookie.

On Jan 5, 9:45 pm, "Mark Schupp" <notva...@email .netwrote:

Are you telling the browser to use utf-8 also (in the HTML):
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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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(I think you can do this with response.charse t also)
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<eyal.her...@gm ail.comwrote in message
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hi,

>

i set a cookie to hold a utf-8 string. either by the server or by the
client. it doesn't matter.
when i try to read this cookie using Request.Cookies ("my_utf8_cooki e")
on iis 5.0 i get garbage.
this garbage seems to be the result of treating the utf-8 data as some
single-byte encoding.
i have <%@ codepage="65001 "%set on the top of the page.
this problem does not appear on iis 5.1.
i have searched long and hard for a fix for this on news-groups and the
web but to no avail.
many people mention the problem but noone gives a proper fix.

>

i hope someone from MS sees this post and will put an end to this
issue.

>

Can you post the code that is managing to encode a cookie as UTF-8?

>

thanks alot in advance,
Eyal Herlin- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

[Anthony Jones]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0


<eyal.herlin@gm ail.comwrote in message
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hi anthony,
>
to create a utf-8 cookie on the client side u should have a utf-8 html
page that sets the cookie through javascript.
to create a utf-8 cookie on the server side u need to have the <%@
codepage="65001 "%declerati on on top of your asp page.
>

Using:-

Response.Cookie s("test") = strContainsOutO fBandChars ??

In my testing characters outside of ASCII are removed when the codepage is
UTF-8.

What server are you using?

[eyal.herlin@gmail.com]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0

the problem i am having is on iis 5.0 on win2k.
it is my experience that Response.Cookie s("test") =
strContainsOutO fBandChars
works fine. i assumed that by strContainsOutO fBandChars u mean a utf-8
string.

On Jan 30, 5:20 pm, "Anthony Jones" <A...@yadayaday ada.comwrote:

<eyal.her...@gm ail.comwrote in message
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hi anthony,

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to create a utf-8 cookie on the client side u should have a utf-8 html
page that sets the cookie through javascript.
to create a utf-8 cookie on the server side u need to have the <%@
codepage="65001 "%declerati on on top of your asp page.

>
Using:-
>
Response.Cookie s("test") = strContainsOutO fBandChars ??
>
In my testing characters outside of ASCII are removed when the codepage is
UTF-8.
>
What server are you using?

[Anthony Jones]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0


<eyal.herlin@gm ail.comwrote in message
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the problem i am having is on iis 5.0 on win2k.

That's the platform I'm testing on also.

it is my experience that Response.Cookie s("test") =
strContainsOutO fBandChars
works fine. i assumed that by strContainsOutO fBandChars u mean a utf-8
string.

Yes my mistake I had forgotten to actually save my test file as UTF-8

I confirm it same behaves the same for me. Looks like a tweak on IIS5.1
(which works fine for me). I'll try IIS6 tomorrow.

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On Jan 30, 5:20 pm, "Anthony Jones" <A...@yadayaday ada.comwrote:

<eyal.her...@gm ail.comwrote in message

news:1170166576 .102914.302180@ h3g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

hi anthony,

to create a utf-8 cookie on the client side u should have a utf-8 html
page that sets the cookie through javascript.
to create a utf-8 cookie on the server side u need to have the <%@
codepage="65001 "%declerati on on top of your asp page.

Using:-

Response.Cookie s("test") = strContainsOutO fBandChars ??

In my testing characters outside of ASCII are removed when the codepage

is

UTF-8.

What server are you using?

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[Anthony Jones]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0


"Anthony Jones" <Ant@yadayadaya da.comwrote in message
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<eyal.herlin@gm ail.comwrote in message
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the problem i am having is on iis 5.0 on win2k.

>
That's the platform I'm testing on also.
>

it is my experience that Response.Cookie s("test") =
strContainsOutO fBandChars
works fine. i assumed that by strContainsOutO fBandChars u mean a utf-8
string.

>
Yes my mistake I had forgotten to actually save my test file as UTF-8
>
I confirm it same behaves the same for me. Looks like a tweak on IIS5.1
(which works fine for me). I'll try IIS6 tomorrow.
>

IIS 6 works fine also. Looks like an enhancement since 5.1.

[eyal.herlin@gmail.com]

Re: cookie codepage problem on iis 5.0


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<eyal.her...@gm ail.comwrote in message
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the problem i am having is on iis 5.0 on win2k.

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That's the platform I'm testing on also.

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it is my experience that Response.Cookie s("test") =
strContainsOutO fBandChars
works fine. i assumed that by strContainsOutO fBandChars u mean a utf-8
string.

>

Yes my mistake I had forgotten to actually save my test file as UTF-8

>

I confirm it same behaves the same for me. Looks like a tweak on IIS5.1
(which works fine for me). I'll try IIS6 tomorrow.

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IIS 6 works fine also. Looks like an enhancement since 5.1.- Hide quoted text -

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