does this message ring a bell - "System Reaper" to anybody? Thanks
I appreciate your time. Chithra -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Gonick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: cookies expire on reading? Could With Enterprise please confirm or deny the existence of this bug? I run affiliate programs that are based on cookies. I recently moved from T2000 to W5 version 062, and I have noticed a reduction in the conversion rates of my affiliates. This could be due to the cookie bug mentioned. If so, this is very serious for me! I really need an answer to my question. Thanks, Stefan At 01:05 PM 8/25/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Oh, by the way, that's not what I observed. I set a cookie with the >assign action, close the browser, open it up again, check cookies, and >find it's there with the right expiration date. It is the simple >reading of the cookie, e.g., a line line taf: > >@@cookie$mycookie > >that causes it to be overwritten by a session cookie. I set MSIE to >alert me when a cookie is being written, and sure enough, when I run >the line-line taf, I get the alert saying "do you accept a cookie that >expires at the end of this session?" > >Can't imagine this to be a dev studio problem, given that one simple >tag tripped the overwriting of the cookie. > > >On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 12:37 PM, Bill Conlon wrote: > >>There is a bug. >> >>If you set a cookie using the ASSIGN ACTION, the cookie will expire >>immediately, no matter what date you set. >> >>Instead, set the cookie with the <@ASSIGN> metatag. >> >>> >>> >>> >>>I set a cookie with an expiration some time in the future, 180 days. >>> >>>I read the cookie and it turns into a session cookie. I look all >>>through my code to see where I might have done this. I do a simple >>>experiment and set a cookie with one taf with one line. I check it to >>>make sure that the expiration is the proper date in the future. >>> >>>I set the browser to prompt me for each cookie. >>> >>>I read that cookie with another one line taf, and up pops the alert, >>>asking me if I want to set the cookie, which expires at the end of >>>this >>>session. >>> >>>Is it normal for cookies to get overwritten by session cookies on a >>>reading? >>> >>> >>>______________________________________________________________________ __ >>>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf >> >> >>Bill Conlon >> >>To the Point >>345 California Avenue Suite 2 >>Palo Alto, CA 94306 >> >>office: 650.327.2175 >>fax: 650.329.8335 >>mobile: 650.906.9929 >>e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>web: http://www.tothept.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________________________________ _ >>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf > >________________________________________________________________________ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ======================================================== Database WebWorks: Dynamic web sites through database integration http://www.DatabaseWebWorks.com ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/maillist.taf
