At 10:59 AM 11/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone know how to actually delete a cookie as setMaxAge(0) doesn't
>seem to do anything at all in the code below.
>
>public void service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
>response) throws ServletException, IOException {
> Cookie[] cookies = request.getCookies();
>
> PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
>
> response.setContentType("text/html");
>
> out.println("<html><head><title>ClearCookies</title></head><body>");
> out.println("<h2>ClearCookies</h2><hr>");
>
> if (cookies != null) {
> for (int i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
> out.println("Deleting: " + cookies[i].getName() + "<br>");
> cookies[i].setMaxAge(0);
> }
>
> out.println("<p>");
> out.println("<b>Your cookies have been deleted</b>");
> } else {
> out.println("<b>No cookies to delete</b>");
> }
>
> out.println("<hr></body></html>");
>
> out.close();
> }
>
>Marc Tremblay
>Web Programmer
>EyeWire Inc.
>
If I recall don't you have to set all response header info before writing
any message body to the stream? The coed above writes message body THEN
sets a response. The Hunter Servlet bok suggets that your setting of 0 as
the max age is correct for your (intended) purpose.
Stuart
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