Without cookies?

[Dirk Bergmann]

Hello,

ASP-db navigation and function buttons work only if one accepts a cookie when loading the .asp page. Otherwise only the first (default) record is displayed again after the push of a button. This is true at least for IE 4.01 and Netscape Navigator 4.05.

However, there doesn`t seem to be a cookie stored in the cookie folder or any other location.
Is it possible to get ASP-db to work without accepting that cookie and what does it do anyway?

Thanks

Dirk

[Frank]

Dirk,
I think it is safe to say that ASP is based on Cookies. The navigation buttons just pass the record pointer along. The sesion variables are the ones that quits working w/o cookies beign accepted.

Frank

On 10/5/98 9:14:26 AM, Dirk Bergmann wrote:
> Hello,

ASP-db navigation and function buttons work only if one accepts a
> cookie when loading the .asp page. Otherwise only the first (default)
> record is displayed again after the push of a button. This is true at least
> for IE 4.01 and Netscape Navigator 4.05.

However, there doesn`t seem to
> be a cookie stored in the cookie folder or any other location.
Is it
> possible to get ASP-db to work without accepting that cookie and what does
> it do anyway?

Thanks

Dirk

[John]

Dirk,

The first time you hit a .ASP page on a site, you establish a Session, and the server sets an ASPSESSION cookie on your system. It then uses that session (ID) cookie to keep track of all your session variables (in the server`s memory).

As Frank said, with cookies turned off, all the session variables will not work, and therefore ASP is almost useless. What good is a programming language without global variables?

Your best bet is to test for cookies right up front on your site and inform your users to enable them if necessary. As more and more sites continue to switch to ASP, people will hopefully turn on cookies in order to view their dynamic contents.

John