Order of keys in Cookies JS vs ASP

[Microbe]

Hello,

Can anyone explain why a cookie with a bunch of keys (no pun intended) when retrieved with javascript is in a different key order compared to that same cookie when retrieved with ASP?

e.g.

JS returns: key1=A&key2=B&key3=C&key4=D&key5=E

ASP returns: key5=E&key2=B&key3=C&key1=A&key4=D

All the data is certainly there, but it makes it more complex to parse it.

Any thoughts or solutions on how to prevent/fix it would be appreciated. Steve Davis
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[codestorm]

It should only be a problem if you're referencing them by ordinals.

And by Javascript I assume you're talking client-side, not server-side Javascript ASP? codestorm
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[Microbe]

Yes, it is client-side JS.

The source of the problem is that I am retrieving some info from the cookie to repopulate a form if the user has placed an order in the past.

My client hasn't made the jump to a databse driven site yet ...sigh... which would make life sooooo much easier.

The cookie is set using Javascript but retrived using ASP. Sure, I can set teh whole hting up to grab the correct value from wherever it is in the retrived string, but it would have been nice to simply sep up a for-next loop.

Thanks for the reponse
Steve Davis
hey.you@hahaha.com.au

http://www.hahaha.com.au