Yes, but why is it not being deleted when I get the cookie 
(request.getCookies()), then reset the duration to 0 (cookie.setMaxAge(0)) and 
re-add it to the response (response.addCookie(cookie))

Tim Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   There is nothing in the servelt api to 
explicitly delete the session cookie.


-Tim

Mike Peremsky wrote:
> I am pretty new to cookies and am having an issue. I create a cookie in my 
> servlet and write it to the response to last the lifetime of the session 
> (duration = -1). When the user clicks the logout button I find the cookie, 
> reset the duration to 0 then re-add the cookie to the response. But when I 
> look at the browser cookies the cookie is still there and is listed as a 
> cookie lasting the lifetime of the session. From what I read in the API there 
> is nothing to directly remove a cookie from a session, I can only write it 
> with a duration of 0. So, why is the cookie still in the session? How can I 
> get rid of it?
> 

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