[Zope] Cookie differences between IE and Netscape

[Graham Chiu]

I'm still having problems with using cookies, and there seems to be
differences in the way NS 4.5 and IE 5 respond to the same code.

I am trying to create a session id which I track using cookies.  I am
using the following code in the header of each page

<!--#if "REQUEST.cookies.has_key('CK_Session')"-->
  <!--#call "REQUEST.cookies['CK_Session']"-->
<!--#else-->
     <!--#call "RESPONSE.setCookie('CK_Session',
ZopeTime().timeTime())"-->                                  
<!--#/if-->
<!--#call "RESPONSE.setCookie('CK_Last_Visit', ZopeTime().timeTime(),
expires=(ZopeTime('GMT') + 365).rfc822())"-->                                  

and at the footer of each page, I have the following:

sessionID=
<!--#if CK_Session-->
  <!--#var CK_Session-->
<!--#else-->
  Session ID not set
<!--#/if-->

With NS4.5, when I first log on, I get the message that the Session ID
is not set.  I refresh the page, and then it appears.  Thereafter, each
page correctly shows the session ID.

With IE5.0, when I access the home page, I get the same message that the
Session ID is not set.  It appears when I reload the page.  However,
other pages may not show the footer, or displays a different session ID
( from prior log ons as though it is caching the cookie value from
before ).

I have added 

<META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="0">

to the header without any change.


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Regards,        Graham Chiu
gchiu<at>compkarori.co.nz