Javascript/cookie problem 1

[wbodger]

I generally do things with vbscript on the server, but I have an issue and the only thing I can think of to handle it is with javascript, but I can't get it to work. So, here is what I am trying accomplish. I have a cookie dictionary that I set no problem with vbscript, but now I have to update one of the values when the user clicks on a hyper link. I have tried this for the link

    <% Do until rs.eof 
    dim conid : conid = rs("contact_id")%>
     <li><a href="ministry.asp?conid=<%=conid %>" onclick="setCookie(conid)"><%=rs("name_first") %>&nbsp;<%=rs("name_last") %>&nbsp;<%=rs("position") %>&nbsp;<%=rs("email") %>&nbsp;<%=rs("cell_phone") %>&nbsp;<%=rs("work_phone")%></a>&nbsp;<a href="editcontact.asp?conid=<%=conid %>">edit</a></li>
    <%rs.MoveNext
    Loop %>

and this for the function

    <script type="text/javascript">
    function setCookie(conid){
    document.cookie=(("YCMReg")("contact_id")=escape(conid));
    }
    </script>

Both of which seem to fail miserably. First, the link does not pull the value that I want into the onclick event call and my function doesn't seem to actually do anything. Help? Please?

WB

 

[wbodger]

ok, I realized what I did wrong to get the value in the link, rather than

<a href="ministry.asp?conid=<%=conid %>" onclick="setCookie(conid)">

it should be

<a href="ministry.asp?conid=<%=conid %>" onclick="setCookie(<%=conid)%>">

But the function still doesn't work. Not sure how to take the value that I passed in the function call and use that as the cookie value assignment. Still need help.

wb

 

[tsuji]

You still have not read the thread

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1610585&page=1

carefully down to a dot and a comma.

 

[wbodger]

Not true. If you read my reply to this current post, I realized why the variable was not making it into the function call and I fixed it, but the function itself is still not working as I would like it to. Actually, it is not working at all. In vbscript, the function would look something like

Function setCookie(conid)
response.cookies("YCMReg")("contact_id")=conid
End Function

And I cannot figure out how to write that function in Javascript.

So, can you help me out with that portion of my problem?

Thanks!
WB

 

[mmerlinn]

[ ]
As tsuji suggests, you need to go back to that page and re-read it very carefully. Once you see the problem, be careful how hard you slap your forehead.

mmerlinn

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[wbodger]

Ouch, that hurt!

Tsuji, my apologies, you were right, I missed those single quotes. I am used to not having to add single quotes for numerical values.

Now, having fixed that, the function still does not work, so...

I have tried

<script type="text/javascript">
function setCookie(conid){
    document.cookie=(("YCMReg")("contact_id")=escape(conid));
    }
</script>

and

<script type="text/javascript">
    function setCookie(conid){
    var contact_id = escape(conid);
    var cookieName = (("YCMReg")("contact_id"));
    document.cookie = cookieName+"="+contact_id;
    }
</script>

What am I doing wrong?

wb

 

[wbodger]

OK, if I write the function like this

    <script type="text/javascript">
    function setCookie(c_name,value)
    {
    document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value);
    }
    </script>

and call it like this

<a href="ministry.asp?conid=<%=conid %>" onclick="setCookie('contact_id','<%=conid%>')">

then it works, but still not quite the way I would like it to. It will create the cookie named contact_id and assign the value to that cookie, but I would like to add the cookie to the cookie dictionary YCMReg so it is accesses via

request.cookies("YCMReg")("contact_id")

instead of simply

request.cookies("contact"id")

My understanding is that this is a WSH function, so it should be do-able with javascript, but I can't figure it out.

More help?

wb

 

[tsuji]

[0] To properly set a cookie client-side, you have to observe quite rigorously the mandatory part, namely, the name (with or without key) and value, and then the expires property. You may or may not put the path and some other properties.

[0.1] The server-side see a dictionary object for cases where cookies having a name (your "YCMReg") and then key/value pair.
[tt]
response.cookies("YCMReg")("p")="q"
response.cookies("YCMReg")("r")="s"
'etc
[/tt]
[0.2] On the client-side, it is just a string-like object but with rigorous structure, like this.
[tt]
"...; YCMReg=p=q&r=s; expires=...; ..."
[/tt]
[1] Hence, your function would look something like this.
[tt]
function setCookie(c_name,value)
{
var s_cookie,d;
d=new Date();
d.setMonth(d.getMonth()+1); //expire in one month
s_cookie="YCMReg="+escape(c_name)+"="+escape(value)+"; expires="+d.toGMTString();
document.cookie=s_cookie;
}
[/tt]

 

[wbodger]

Ahh... Thank you very much. I had tried many ways of combining to get the dictionary, but not that way, it works great. As for the required info, I thought that I could leave off the Expiry date if I just wanted the cookie to expire when they close their browser session?

Thank you,
wb