[ic] BUG: mv_no_session and [set-cookie]

[Jon Jensen]

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Grant wrote:

> There seems to be a problem with session information ([set] scratch 
> variables don't persist) when mv_no_session is set and the [set-cookie] 
> tag is used with a bad expire date.  Bad expire dates seem to include 
> dates in the past and incorrect dates such as when the wrong day of the 
> week is specified.  The session problem is fixed by either unsetting 
> mv_no_session, correcting or removing the [set-cookie] expire date, or 
> submitting any form (mine all POST).
>
> Obviously the best thing to do is fix your expire date, but I think this 
> should be fixed because hard-coded dates do eventually expire and the 
> resultant session behavior doesn't make any sense.

Grant,

Isn't the problem simply that the browser is doing what it's supposed to 
do: ignoring the expired cookie, so you lose your session? Unless I'm 
misunderstanding the situation, it sure sounds like the bug was simply 
incorrect use of [set-cookie]. Maybe having [set-cookie] throw error 
messages into the error log would be helpful to point out problems like 
this, though.

Jon

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