At 07:16 AM 5/2/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>How about...
>
><cfif listFind(cookie.displayGroups, "Mike")>
>   do stuff
></cfif>
>
>There is also listFindNoCase().
>
>If these groups are related to security for your application, I would
>suggest storing them elsewhere,


Database?

>or encrypting the text if it MUST be in a
>cookie.

I do store the groups into a database at initial logon. I just put it into 
a cookie so they are active until the session closes. I thought it was 
easier this way. I'm not sure what you mean by encrypting the text...how?


>Cookies are fairly easy to modify on most browsers and someone
>could easily put themselves in the "Administrator" group.

How would someone go about this?



>-Justin Scott, Lead Developer
>  Sceiron Internet Services, Inc.
>  http://www.sceiron.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "phumes1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:07 AM
>Subject: Re: Check for text within cookie...Help!
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm setting a cookie that can contain 1-10 different groups. For example:
> >
> > <cfoutput>
> > #COOKIE.DisplayGroups#
> > </cfoutput>
> >
> > Output:
> > ----------
> >
> > Administrator,Users,Power Users,Mike,Paul,Dave,Sarah
> >
> >
> > I would like to check the "COOKIE.DisplayGroups" for one of the above
>groups.
> >
> > If COOKIE.DisplayGroups = Mike
> > ---code here ---
> > endif
> >
> > I've tried using <cfif ListLen() but it looks for an EXACT match not just
> > only one of the above occurrences.
> >
> > I have tried numerous syntaxs but just can't get it. I know I'm missing
> > something.
> >
> > Help...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--------+
> >
> > Philip Humeniuk
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---------+
> >
> >
> >
>
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