document.cookie always returns empty string

[Michi Henning]

I'm running the following code in Safari 2.0.4:

document.cookie = 'MyCookie=1';
if(document.coo kie == '')
alert('document .cookie is empty!');

document.cookie always returns the empty string, no matter what I do.
I checked the cookie settings in Safari->Preferences->Security. Even
when I set cookies to be always accepted, document.cookie still returns
the empty string.

Needless to say, the same code works just fine with a various other
browsers.

I'd be most grateful for any hints as to what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks,

Michi.

[VK]

Re: document.cookie always returns empty string

Michi Henning wrote:

I'm running the following code in Safari 2.0.4:
>
document.cookie = 'MyCookie=1';
if(document.coo kie == '')
alert('document .cookie is empty!');
>
document.cookie always returns the empty string, no matter what I do.

1) Safari 1.x-2.0.4 is an ugly junk.
2) Safari 1.x-2.0.4 is useless crap.
3) For MAC OS use Camino, Opera or Firefox (listed in order of
preference)

....what was I about? ...oh, yeh - Safari only stores cookies if set
over an HTTP-connection. So for a file open over the file system it
won't work.

[dd]

Re: document.cookie always returns empty string

Michi Henning wrote:

I'm running the following code in Safari 2.0.4:
>
document.cookie = 'MyCookie=1';
if(document.coo kie == '')
alert('document .cookie is empty!');

That's only creating a session cookie. If you want it to persist (be
stored in a file) then you need to add an expiry date (in the future)
to it:

var exp=new Date();
var numdays=7;
exp.setTime(exp .getTime()+(100 0*60*60*24*numd ays));
document.cookie ="MyCookie=1 ; path=; expires="+exp.t oGMTString();

It's always best to have the test page hosted on a server when you're
testing cookie stuff. I wouldn't even try using a local server (on
localhost) when it comes to cookie code.

[dd]

Re: document.cookie always returns empty string

My forward slash in the path= field got parsed out by google groups
somehow :(

[Dr J R Stockton]

Re: document.cookie always returns empty string

In comp.lang.javas cript message <1168935532.008 097.108620@11g2 000cwr.goog
legroups.com>, Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:18:52, dd <dd4005@gmail.c omposted:

>var exp=new Date();
>var numdays=7;
>exp.setTime(ex p.getTime()+(10 00*60*60*24*num days));
>document.cooki e="MyCookie=1 ; path=; expires="+exp.t oGMTString();

That's not a good way to increment a date.

Firstly, you could use 864e5 instead of 1000*60*60*24
Secondly, the innermost parentheses are unnecessary.
Thirdly, in many countries for about 4% of the time that will not give 7
civil days. Often the exact expiry does not matter, but there is a
possibility of the user coming to expect it.

exp.setDate(exp .getDate()+numd ays);

This is actually a case where "with" can be used in safety :

with (new Date()) {
var numdays = 7
setDate(getDate () + numdays)
document.cookie ="MyCookie=1 ; path=; expires=" + toGMTString() }

It's a good idea to read the newsgroup and its FAQ. See below.

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[Randy Webb]

Re: document.cookie always returns empty string

Dr J R Stockton said the following on 1/17/2007 9:22 AM:

In comp.lang.javas cript message <1168935532.008 097.108620@11g2 000cwr.goog
legroups.com>, Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:18:52, dd <dd4005@gmail.c omposted:
>

>var exp=new Date();
>var numdays=7;
>exp.setTime(ex p.getTime()+(10 00*60*60*24*num days));
>document.cooki e="MyCookie=1 ; path=; expires="+exp.t oGMTString();

>
>
That's not a good way to increment a date.
>

Too bad nothing you wrote had anything to do with the problem or any
potential solution to the problem.

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[Dr J R Stockton]

Re: document.cookie always returns empty string

In comp.lang.javas cript message <b4idnRPaYZNbPD PY4p2dnA@telcov e.net>,
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:26:18, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome @aol.composted:

>Dr J R Stockton said the following on 1/17/2007 9:22 AM:

>In comp.lang.javas cript message <1168935532.008 097.108620@11g2 000cwr.goog
>legroups.com >, Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:18:52, dd <dd4005@gmail.c omposted:
>>

>>var exp=new Date();
>>var numdays=7;
>>exp.setTime(e xp.getTime()+(1 000*60*60*24*nu mdays));
>>document.cook ie="MyCookie=1 ; path=; expires="+exp.t oGMTString();

> That's not a good way to increment a date.
>>

>
>Too bad nothing you wrote had anything to do with the problem or any
>potential solution to the problem.

Too bad that you did not comprehend the desirability of pointing out
defects in a proposed solution.

It's a good idea to read the newsgroup and its FAQ. See below.

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