http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178195.aspx
"You cannot directly delete a cookie on a user's computer. However, you can direct the user's browser to delete the cookie by setting the cookie's expiration date to a past date. The next time a user makes a request to a page within the domain or path that set the cookie, the browser will determine that the cookie has expired and remove it." On Feb 7, 1:28 am, Dane <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've got my own user system (not using Auth), and I'm trying to > implement a Remember Me option with cookies. It's working fine when > the user selects 'Yes' for remember me. Setting and detecting the > cookie is no problem, but I can't find a way to delete the cookie when > the user logs out or selects 'No'. Here's my code which attempts > everything I can think of. > > if request.cookies.has_key('user'): > request.cookies['user'].clear() > del request.cookies['user'] > print 'remove request user cookie' > if response.cookies.has_key('user'): > response.cookies['user'].clear() > del response.cookies['user'] > print 'remove response user cookie' > > After running this, request.cookies.has_key('user') is still returning > true and the cookie's data is still present. > > Ideas? Thanks.
