it appears the setting maxAge to -1 was the problem. cookie does not get set with this. set to (24*60*60) and it works
-----Original Message----- From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:39 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: setting cookies from an action? > From: Menke, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i'm trying this in my action and it's not working: > Cookie myCookie = new Cookie("name", "value"); > response.addCookie(myCookie); I think you have to set an age, or else it's a memory-only cookie and will disappear when you close the browser. Is that what you wanted? Here's what I use: myCookie.setMaxAge( 2592000 ); (I think it's the number of seconds... Check the API.) If that's not the problem, can you be more specific about what's not working? -- Wendy Smoak Application Systems Analyst, Sr. ASU IA Information Resources Management --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]