Set Cookie Question

noniekimp has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm not sure if this is even possible, but I wanted to know if a cookie could be set after a print Content-Type.

print "Content-Type: text/html\n";
my $cookieID = new CGI::Cookie(-name  => 'MerchID', -value => $id);
print "Set-Cookie: $cookieID\n";
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The thing is the Content-Type is being called in another script (which is calling my script) which I can't change, so I'm stuck. Is there a way to disable the print header until after the cookie is set? I'm fairly new at this cookie thing, so any suggestions would be greatful!

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Re: Set Cookie Question by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2004 at 17:00 UTC
Make sure there isn't a blank line anywhere between the Content-Type and the Set-Cookie. The blank line marks the end of the headers and the start of the content. If I remember correctly (but it's been years), Set-Cookie SHOULD -- as opposed to MUST -- appear after Content-Type, meaning it's ok to put it before the Content-Type.	[reply]
Re: Set Cookie Question by amonroy (Scribe) on Sep 02, 2004 at 16:16 UTC
What about setting the cookie with JavaScript?	[reply]
Re^2: Set Cookie Question by noniekimp (Sexton) on Sep 02, 2004 at 16:52 UTC
I was able to find a place above the content type in another script that allowed it to work. I'm sorry for the bother. Thanks for replying.	[reply]