The following reply was made to PR mod_include/1688; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Subject: Re: mod_include/1688: SetCookie as an SSI (fwd) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 17:50:35 -0700 (MST) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 18:37:25 -0600 From: Eric Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_include/1688: SetCookie as an SSI At 23:30 on 16 Jan 98, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in part: > Synopsis: SetCookie as an SSI > > State-Changed-From-To: open-closed > State-Changed-By: marc > State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 16 15:30:35 PST 1998 > State-Changed-Why: > There is no way for Apache to set a cookie in the > request header based on SSI output at some point in the > body because the header has already been sent. You need > to design your system some other way to remove that need. > > There may be some META tag that can set a cookie in the > body, however I am not aware of any. Thanks. I messed around and found that <META HTTP-EQUIV="Set-Cookie" CONTENT="$newcookie"> will, indeed, do it, at least for some equipment configurations. ---------------------------------------------------- N E W S L I N K Eric K. Meyer research and consulting Managing partner ---------------------------------------------------- * DESIGNING INFOGRAPHICS: Preview definitive new how-to book at http://www.newslink.org/book.html * TOMORROW'S NEWS TODAY: For free sample of newly revised, critically acclaimed strategic guide for online publishers, write [EMAIL PROTECTED] * AJR NEWSLINK: Visit the web's top media resource, with 7,000 links, including more newspaper links than any other site, at http://www.newslink.org
