[ic] read-cookie and set-cookie on same page

[Orko]

Is the bug you refer to in IE6 only present when you specify the path,
or the domain, or both?  We are currently testing out a page that is
underperforming the baseline dramatically, with almost no visual change
to the user.  The only changes are that we used to log them in
automatically with their email address as their username (the new way of
using an incremental username should perform better, since it can't
contain illegal characters), and we are setting a cookie as follows:

[set-cookie name=ic_user
          domain=".domain.com"
          value="id_rw=[value id_rw]&email=[value email]"
          expire="Mon, 01-Jan-2035 00:00:01 GMT"]

We have been using the ".domain.com" format for a while now, so that
different parts of our web site can access it, through a rotating DNS
off of the same domain.  Could doing this be causing the page to hang in
some browsers?

Note:  it's just the pages leading *up* to the cart that are on a
rotating DNS.  The cart is on www.domain.com ;-)

-- orko

On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 10:36, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> > >
> > > The cookie generated by Interchange, using the method described
> > > above is correct correct.  Either test your additional information
> > > until your specified cookie is also correct or just use what
> > > Interchange generates by default.
> > 
> > I had my setting right, but I  now found out what caused my problem... That
> > is, surprise, surprise, a bug in IE6...
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q306027
> > 
> > I have to get a decent browser so that I can get things tested :)
> > 
> Remember that, although you may have upgraded and patched your
> browser, not all of your users will have done the same.
> 
> If there is an IE bug then you will need to assume that at least
> some of your users will still have it.  After all, you didn't
> spot the patch until the bug bit you.
> 
> I would go with the Interchange-generated cookie default cookie
> for these reasons:
> 
>   1) It works with and without the patch.
> 
>   2) The browser will limit cookie reads to your domain and will
>      default the path to '/', which is what you were trying to
>      do anyway.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
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