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Reading Cookies in Classic ASP
The Form collection is used to retrieve the values of form elements from a form that uses the POST method.
Note: If you want to post large amounts of data (beyond 100 kb) the Request.Form cannot be used.
Arguments:
Request.Cookies(name)[(key)|.attribute]
- name (Required)
The name of the cookie - attribute (Optional)
Specifies information about the cookie. Can be one of the following parameters:- Domain - Write-only. The cookie is sent only to requests to this domain
- Expires - Write-only. The date when the cookie expires. If no date is specified, the cookie will expire when the session ends
- HasKeys - Read-only. Specifies whether the cookie has keys (This is the only attribute that can be used with the Request.Cookies command)
- Path - Write-only. If set, the cookie is sent only to requests to this path. If not set, the application path is used
- Secure - Write-only. Indicates if the cookie is secure
- key (Optional)
Specifies the key to where the value is assigned
Examples:
The "Request.Cookies" command is used to get a cookie value.
In the example below, we retrieve the value of the cookie "firstname" and display it on a page:
<% fname=Request.Cookies("firstname") response.write("Firstname=" & fname) %>
Tutorial:
You can find out more about using Request.Cookies by reading our Cookies Tutorial.
Written By: S2H, 9th July 2006