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IE DOES NOT SUPPORT COOKIE on WIN2K and XP
session1.asp <% Session("test")="TESTING" Response.Redirect "session2.asp" %> session2.asp <% Response.Write Session("test") %> Those pages does not output any thing if I use IE and If I access the pages from machines running Windows 2000 Server, XP or Windows NT Server. Opera outputs as per session variables name. IIS server is running Windows 2000 server. I've checked the cookie settings which was set to accept cookies. I tried IE 5.0, IE 5.5 and IE 6.0 What could be the fix? krisrajz wrote:
Show quote > Please observe the pages below: The only way a browser can affect the ability to use sessions is by > > session1.asp > > <% > Session("test")="TESTING" > Response.Redirect "session2.asp" > %> > > session2.asp > > <% > Response.Write Session("test") > %> > > Those pages does not output any thing if I use IE and If I access the > pages from machines running Windows 2000 Server, XP or Windows NT > Server. Opera outputs as per session variables name. > > IIS server is running Windows 2000 server. I've checked the cookie > settings which was set to accept cookies. > > I tried IE 5.0, IE 5.5 and IE 6.0 > allowing/disallowing cookies. Bob Barrows -- Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the "NO SPAM" Bob Barrows [MVP] wrote:
> The only way a browser can affect the ability to use sessions is by Within the same window, perhaps that is true. But Internet Explorer goes the> allowing/disallowing cookies. extra mile with the ability to prevent separate windows (or frames) from sharing cookies with each other. And in a manner that's uncontrollable, no less. Bravo, Microsoft! -- Dave Anderson Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message. Use of this email address implies consent to these terms. Please do not contact me directly or ask me to contact you directly for assistance. If your question is worth asking, it's worth posting. What's wrong with IE? or Do I need to disregard IE and to opt for other
browsers? Is there any other programmable browsers available like IE? RAJ. Show quote "Dave Anderson" wrote: > Bob Barrows [MVP] wrote: > > The only way a browser can affect the ability to use sessions is by > > allowing/disallowing cookies. > > Within the same window, perhaps that is true. But Internet Explorer goes the > extra mile with the ability to prevent separate windows (or frames) from > sharing cookies with each other. And in a manner that's uncontrollable, no > less. Bravo, Microsoft! > > > -- > Dave Anderson > > Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message. Use > of this email address implies consent to these terms. Please do not contact > me directly or ask me to contact you directly for assistance. If your > question is worth asking, it's worth posting. > > > Please observe the code snippet
Shot #1 sample1.asp <% Session("test")="Session Testing" Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" Response.write Session("test") Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") %> Does outputs Session Testing and Cookie Testing where as shot #2 does output anything: Shot #2 sample1.asp <% Session("test")="Session Testing" Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" Response.Redirect "sample2.asp" %> sample2.asp <% Response.Write Session("test") Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") %> I've tested those pages on Avant Browser ( which is also IE based), it too behaves as IE does. When I test pages on Opera, Netscape Navigator the pages does output. Why do IE behaves strangely on handling cookies and sessions? or Does IE really has the ability to handle sessions efficiently? Is there any patches available to fix the issue? Any great workaround would be very much useful and appreciated. TIA RAJ. Show quote "krisrajz" wrote: > What's wrong with IE? or Do I need to disregard IE and to opt for other > browsers? > > Is there any other programmable browsers available like IE? > > RAJ. > > "Dave Anderson" wrote: > > > Bob Barrows [MVP] wrote: > > > The only way a browser can affect the ability to use sessions is by > > > allowing/disallowing cookies. > > > > Within the same window, perhaps that is true. But Internet Explorer goes the > > extra mile with the ability to prevent separate windows (or frames) from > > sharing cookies with each other. And in a manner that's uncontrollable, no > > less. Bravo, Microsoft! > > > > > > -- > > Dave Anderson > > > > Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message. Use > > of this email address implies consent to these terms. Please do not contact > > me directly or ask me to contact you directly for assistance. If your > > question is worth asking, it's worth posting. > > > > > > krisrajz wrote:
Show quote > Please observe the code snippet I tested your code on my machine and discovered that the Redirect was the > > Shot #1 > > sample1.asp > > <% > Session("test")="Session Testing" > Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" > Response.write Session("test") > Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") > %> > > Does outputs Session Testing and Cookie Testing where as shot #2 does > output anything: > > Shot #2 > > sample1.asp > > <% > Session("test")="Session Testing" > Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" > Response.Redirect "sample2.asp" > %> > > sample2.asp > > <% > Response.Write Session("test") > Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") > %> > > I've tested those pages on Avant Browser ( which is also IE based), > it too behaves as IE does. When I test pages on Opera, Netscape > Navigator the pages does output. problem. I changed the code to this: <% Session("test")="Session Testing" Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" Response.Redirect "Sample2.asp?SessID=" & session.SessionID %> <% Response.Write Session.SessionID & "<BR>" Response.Write Session("test") & "<BR>" Response.Write Request.Cookies("cookietest")%> And discovered that Redirect was causing a new session to be initiated. I don't remember this behavior occurring so a recent service pack must be responsible. When I changed "Response.Redirect" to "Server.Transfer", the Session and Cookie variable values were retained. Bob Barrows -- Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the "NO SPAM" Indeed, tons of thanx.
I've got installed SP4 on my machine which version of SP would fix my error. TIA RAJ. Show quote "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote: > krisrajz wrote: > > Please observe the code snippet > > > > Shot #1 > > > > sample1.asp > > > > <% > > Session("test")="Session Testing" > > Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" > > Response.write Session("test") > > Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") > > %> > > > > Does outputs Session Testing and Cookie Testing where as shot #2 does > > output anything: > > > > Shot #2 > > > > sample1.asp > > > > <% > > Session("test")="Session Testing" > > Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" > > Response.Redirect "sample2.asp" > > %> > > > > sample2.asp > > > > <% > > Response.Write Session("test") > > Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") > > %> > > > > I've tested those pages on Avant Browser ( which is also IE based), > > it too behaves as IE does. When I test pages on Opera, Netscape > > Navigator the pages does output. > > > I tested your code on my machine and discovered that the Redirect was the > problem. I changed the code to this: > > <% > Session("test")="Session Testing" > Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" > Response.Redirect "Sample2.asp?SessID=" & session.SessionID > %> > > <% > Response.Write Session.SessionID & "<BR>" > Response.Write Session("test") & "<BR>" > Response.Write Request.Cookies("cookietest") > %> > > > And discovered that Redirect was causing a new session to be initiated. I > don't remember this behavior occurring so a recent service pack must be > responsible. > > When I changed "Response.Redirect" to "Server.Transfer", the Session and > Cookie variable values were retained. > > Bob Barrows > -- > Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET > Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so I > don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove the > "NO SPAM" > > > You don't understand. Recent SP's for IE have been tightening security. I do
not believe that a SP will be released to reverse this change. Bob Barrows krisrajz wrote: Show quote > Indeed, tons of thanx. > > I've got installed SP4 on my machine which version of SP would fix my > error. > > TIA > RAJ. > > > "Bob Barrows [MVP]" wrote: > >> krisrajz wrote: >>> Please observe the code snippet >>> >>> Shot #1 >>> >>> sample1.asp >>> >>> <% >>> Session("test")="Session Testing" >>> Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" >>> Response.write Session("test") >>> Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") >>> %> >>> >>> Does outputs Session Testing and Cookie Testing where as shot #2 >>> does output anything: >>> >>> Shot #2 >>> >>> sample1.asp >>> >>> <% >>> Session("test")="Session Testing" >>> Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" >>> Response.Redirect "sample2.asp" >>> %> >>> >>> sample2.asp >>> >>> <% >>> Response.Write Session("test") >>> Response.Write Response.Cookies("cookietest") >>> %> >>> >>> I've tested those pages on Avant Browser ( which is also IE based), >>> it too behaves as IE does. When I test pages on Opera, Netscape >>> Navigator the pages does output. >> >> >> I tested your code on my machine and discovered that the Redirect >> was the problem. I changed the code to this: >> >> <% >> Session("test")="Session Testing" >> Response.Cookies("cookietest")="Cookie Testing" >> Response.Redirect "Sample2.asp?SessID=" & session.SessionID >> %> >> >> <% >> Response.Write Session.SessionID & "<BR>" >> Response.Write Session("test") & "<BR>" >> Response.Write Request.Cookies("cookietest") >> %> >> >> >> And discovered that Redirect was causing a new session to be >> initiated. I don't remember this behavior occurring so a recent >> service pack must be responsible. >> >> When I changed "Response.Redirect" to "Server.Transfer", the Session >> and Cookie variable values were retained. >> >> Bob Barrows >> -- >> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET >> Please reply to the newsgroup. This email account is my spam trap so >> I don't check it very often. If you must reply off-line, then remove >> the "NO SPAM" -- Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a quicker response by posting to the newsgroup. krisrajz wrote:
> What's wrong with IE? [...Must...resist...temptation...]Regarding this specific issue, one thing is wrong with Internet Explorer. IE attempts to guess when it should share sessions between browser windows. The problem isn't that IE has this ability. The problem is that the user (and consequently the developer) has no control over it. > ...Do I need to disregard IE and to opt for other browsers? That's a virtual impossibility, isn't it? All recent estimates I've seen putIE saturation between 80% and 89% of the UA population. Rather than disregard IE, you will have to learn to embrace what it *can* do, and pine for what it *could* do (e.g. CSS attribute selectors). -- Dave Anderson Unsolicited commercial email will be read at a cost of $500 per message. Use of this email address implies consent to these terms. Please do not contact me directly or ask me to contact you directly for assistance. If your question is worth asking, it's worth posting.  |
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