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Old Pedant · 10-26-2012, 08:26 PM

Ummm...no, I don't think that will work.

You can't use Request.Cookies to get the cookie you JUST SET using Response.Cookies.

Request.Cookies *ONLY* shows you the cookies that were present at the time the user's HTTP request was made.

So if the cookies were set to "old" and the query string said "new", then Request.Cookies would still be "old" and the query string would NOT take effect until the next time the user got to the page.

Try this:

Code:

IF Request.Querystring("nsmc") = "new" THEN
     Response.Cookies("nsmc")= "new"
     Response.Cookies("nsmc").Expires = Date() + 30
     NEWPAGE
ELSEIF  Request.Querystring("nsmc") = "old" THEN
    Response.Cookies("nsmc")= "old"
    Response.Cookies("nsmc").Expires = Date() + 30
    OLDPAGE
ELSEIF Request.Cookies("nsmc") = "new" THEN
    NEWPAGE
ELSE
    OLDPAGE
END IF

10-26-2012, 08:26 PM	PM User \| #3
Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,555 Thanks: 62 Thanked 4,054 Times in 4,023 Posts	Ummm...no, I don't think that will work. You can't use Request.Cookies to get the cookie you JUST SET using Response.Cookies. Request.Cookies ONLY shows you the cookies that were present at the time the user's HTTP request was made. So if the cookies were set to "old" and the query string said "new", then Request.Cookies would still be "old" and the query string would NOT take effect until the next time the user got to the page. Try this: Code: IF Request.Querystring("nsmc") = "new" THEN Response.Cookies("nsmc")= "new" Response.Cookies("nsmc").Expires = Date() + 30 NEWPAGE ELSEIF Request.Querystring("nsmc") = "old" THEN Response.Cookies("nsmc")= "old" Response.Cookies("nsmc").Expires = Date() + 30 OLDPAGE ELSEIF Request.Cookies("nsmc") = "new" THEN NEWPAGE ELSE OLDPAGE END IF __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is.