XMLHttpRequest

[Mr_love_monkey]

Ok, I'm stumped - and maybe someone here will know.

I've written a simple XMLRPC client in javascript, using XMLHttpRequest - and this works, I can contact the server, make an RPC, and get a result back - hurrah.

Now my problem comes from trying to pass in a cookie into the request

I do

request.setRequestHeader('Cookie','aParam=aValue');

which works in Firefox - however in IE7, it doesn't. There used to be a bug where you had to set the cookie twice for it to register in IE, but that doesn't work here.
I'm not getting an error, the cookies just aren't being passed through to the server.
I've tried the ActiveX version of XMLHttpRequest, as well as the new native version in IE7 - both have the same result - I've googled a fair bit but haven't found any answers....

[Acathla]

The cookie bug in xmlDOM ignores the first command of setRequestHeader and as far as I know, I used the format as below - not with brackets. Dunno if that makes any difference at all but maybe worth a try?

request.setRequestHeader "Cookie", "aParam=aValue"
request.setRequestHeader "Cookie", "aParam=aValue"

Aren't you like supposed to use Set-Cookie now anyway?

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Acathla

The cookie bug in xmlDOM ignores the first command of setRequestHeader and as far as I know, I used the format as below - not with brackets. Dunno if that makes any difference at all but maybe worth a try?

request.setRequestHeader "Cookie", "aParam=aValue"
request.setRequestHeader "Cookie", "aParam=aValue"

Aren't you like supposed to use Set-Cookie now anyway?

That's not javascript though is it? - probably vbscript.
And Set-cookie is done on the server side, whereas I'm passing it into an xmlhttprequest.

[Acathla]

oh yeah doh. i forgot i code in vbscript )

if i come across anything I'll let you know.

[Graham M]

That's the precise trouble with all of these niche Client-Side languages!!!

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Zeph

That's the precise trouble with all of these niche Client-Side languages!!!

I'd hardly call javascript (or vbscript) a niche language...

[Graham M]

They are! They have their own little niches with their own niche users, like yourselves OK perhaps going a bit overboard calling Javascript a niche language, but I know of many more Javascript coders than I do VB?

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Zeph

They are! They have their own little niches with their own niche users, like yourselves OK perhaps going a bit overboard calling Javascript a niche language, but I know of many more Javascript coders than I do VB?

certainly there's less vbscript people out there now, but a lot of places do still use vbscript.

[Graham M]

Does it have any advantages over JScript?

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Does it have any advantages over JScript?

personally I don't think it does, on the web side of things - especially since not all browsers support it - but I'm sure someone will disagree with me

Personally I've never been a big fan of it, since I learnt javascript first, and got exposed to vbscript through a rather nasty project involving web based version control - but as I say, lots of people still use it

"Danger, Will Robinson!"

“Warning! Warning! Geeks in immediate vicinity� ........

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[Graham M]

Without Geeks you'd still be carrying stuff rather than using one of those handy "WHEEL" devices :p

Originally Posted by Zeph

Without Geeks you'd still be carrying stuff rather than using one of those handy "WHEEL" devices :p

You're confusing geeks with engineers....


btw, I am in charge of 135 geeks, so I know of what I speak.....

[Graham M]

Engineers are just a subclass of geek

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

"Danger, Will Robinson!"

“Warning! Warning! Geeks in immediate vicinity” ........

Shut yer face!