Comments on: Cookie is lost when browser is closed

by: Munish Bansal

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:20:10 +0000

Thanks a lot…very nice explaination and solution.

by: Daniel

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:11:39 +0000

If the ASP.NET Session Id cookie is set to expire immediately on browser close, will this trigger the Session_End event on the server?

Thanks,
/Daniel

by: Dalmo

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:26:04 +0000

Thanks a lot. Very useful this trick!!!!!!

by: Vesy

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:55:17 +0000

Thanks for the advice about Domain and Path members.

I know that without setting expire date the cookie will behave like a “session cookie”. But the fact is that I’m setting the expiration date. The strange thing was that once I change the cookie value this expiration date is lost. So the steps are:

1) Create a cookie
2) Set cookie expiration date
3) Add cookie to Cookies collection

Then if you change the cookie value, the expiration date set in step 2 is lost and the cookie starts to behave like a “session cookie”.

That’s why I’m saying above that “everytime you change the cookie value, you need to set cookie expiration date too”.

I hope this comment crerifies the misunderstanding.

by: Georgi

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:52:34 +0000

Cookie without expire date is “session cookie”. It acts the same way Session variables do.

Consider also setting HttpCookie.Domain and HttpCookie.Path members, because if you set cookie at www.domain.com, you might not be able to read it from https://secure.domain.com/