Session variables & disabled cookies

[steve05]

Hi, I have an asp page that uses a session variable as a parameter in its sql query. As I understand it, if a user's browser has cookies disabled, the session variable will not work and the page will crash. Is there any way of testing the browser to see if cookies are enabled or not so they can be redirected if necessary?



I've also posted this in the Ultradev forum.

 

[JohnYingling]

Think about putting that variable into a TYPE=HIDDEN field, encrypted if necessary. That way cookies will not matter. The cookie is used to hold a SessionID so that the session can be retrieved on return. I understand that ASP.NET does away with this because Session does not work on a Web Farm where you can not be guaranteed to come back to the machine that is holding the session variables. In ASP.NET, all the Session stuff is sent in the page.

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[foxbox]

the simplest cookie test is to save something and then retrieve it. [for a session variable you need 'Per session' cookies].

session("cookietest&quot = "COOKIETEST"
if session(&quot;cookietest&quot <> &quot;COOKIETEST&quot; then
response.redirect &quot;please_enable_cookie.asp&quot;
response.end
end if

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Gerard