Without some code to work with it's hard to tell what could possibly do that.

• how are you setting the cookie?
• what system are you using for testing?

Try to post some code in order to get any assistance. plus you should always use CGI.pm

Thanx again, here's my code
the file is named: http://cgi.tripod.com/aine_canby/cgi-bin/yop.cgi

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Code
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#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w 
use strict; 

use CGI; 
my $query = new CGI; 

my $cookie_out = $query->cookie(
       -name=>"MY_NAME", 
       -value=>"Barry Griffin",
       -expires=>'+24h', 
       -path=>'/aine_canby/cgi-bin', 
       -domain=>'cgi.tripod.com', 
       -secure=>0

); 

print $query->header(-cookie=>$cookie_out); 

print $query->start_html("Cookie Test"); 

# DEBUG TO SCREEN
print $query->p; 
print $query->header(-cookie=>$cookie_out); 
print $query->p; 

my $cookie_in = $query->cookie("MY_NAME"); 

if($cookie_in) 
{ 
   print $cookie_in; 
} 
else 
{ 
   print "Can't find the cookie"; 
} 
print $query->p; 

print $query->end_html; 


----------------------------------------------------------
BROWSER DISPLAYS
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Set-cookie: MY_NAME=Barry%20Griffin; domain=cgi.tripod.com; path=/aine
+_canby/cgi-bin; expires=Monday, 27-Aug-2001 22:50:49 GMT Content-type
+: text/html 

Can't find the cookie

-----------------------------------------------------------
Cookie Contains -

MY_NAME
Barry%20Griffin
cgi.tripod.com/aine_canby/cgi-bin
0
782699264
29437766
42193056
29437564
*
[download]

I agree with Chady, it is a bit hard to help out without seeing your code.

Also, yes, ALWAYS, I repeat, always use CGI.pm, since it is bundled with most Perl distro's now days, leaving no excuses (usually) about "oh I can't user CGI.pm since my server doesn't support, etc."

Last but not least, I would suggest choosing another server to do this work on... perhaps you should see jcwren's homenode, and find about Perlmonk where you can get free testing space for your stuff!

Andy Summers

Are you trying to access the cookie in the same script invocation that sets the cookie?

Only cookies sent from the browser are stored in the $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'} / $q->cookie() object, so if you've just set the cookie, it's not available in that object until the browser next calls the script.

cLive ;-)

First check this node. As it states 8 times out of 10 assuming that the cookie has been set correctly (your post suggest that this is so) then problem is with the server IP's. When the server returns to pick up Cookie who it says it is is not he same as who set the cookie. This can happen for various reasons. There are several environment dependent ways to test this. Please give more details about your systems environment if the suggestions in node don't help.

mitd-Made in the Dark
'My favourite colour appears to be grey.'

I had a similar problem doing this. my slap in the face with a wet fish problem was the path and domain vars set in the cookie.

Make sure the script your trying to get the cookie from fits within the parameters you set for path and domain

Test on another server to see if it works there. If it does, it means the cgi.tripod.com server doesn't allow cookies to be read by CGI programs. Some free CGI hosts are more fascist than is necessary to have your program run on time.

You could try Prohosting.com, which I'm pretty sure still supports cookies, or your own local server, which you can configure however you want. Only if your program worked on either of these servers, and not on the Tripod one, is it Tripod's fault.

Good luck, and don't forget to have some fun!