Rails - Jul 2007 - how can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app?? (i.e. and not use the session tracking cookie)

Hi,

How can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app (i.e. and not use the
session tracking cookie).  Is this possible?

Currently the timezone id I''m saving via "cookies[:tz]" gets
stored ok in
the application cookie (along with session_id etc), however the session
cookie disappears after the browser is closed - and I don''t want to
keep
this session cookie "alive" longer than this.

Tks

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Greg Hauptmann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app (i.e. and not use the
> session tracking cookie).  Is this possible?
>
> Currently the timezone id I''m saving via "cookies[:tz]"
gets stored ok in
> the application cookie (along with session_id etc), however the session
> cookie disappears after the browser is closed - and I don''t want
to keep
> this session cookie "alive" longer than this.
>
> Tks
>   
That sound to me like the kind of thing you might want to be storing in
the users table.

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I use this in my controller...

cookies[:_my_host_tz]= { :value => "PST", :expires =>
30.days.from_now, :path => "/" }

and checking in Firefox, it does create a separate cookie from the
sessions cookie.
there is a _my_host_session_id and a _my_host_tz cookie.

On Jul 3, 2:48 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app (i.e. and not use the
> session tracking cookie).  Is this possible?
>
> Currently the timezone id I''m saving via "cookies[:tz]"
gets stored ok in
> the application cookie (along with session_id etc), however the session
> cookie disappears after the browser is closed - and I don''t want
to keep
> this session cookie "alive" longer than this.
>
> Tks

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oh, perhaps I was misinterpreting the "see cookie info" from the web
developer firefox plugin (i.e. thought it was the same cookie) - let me try
this wolfmanjm - tks`


On 7/4/07, wolfmanjm <wolfmanjm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> I use this in my controller...
>
> cookies[:_my_host_tz]= { :value => "PST", :expires =>
> 30.days.from_now, :path => "/" }
>
> and checking in Firefox, it does create a separate cookie from the
> sessions cookie.
> there is a _my_host_session_id and a _my_host_tz cookie.
>
> On Jul 3, 2:48 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app (i.e. and not use
the
> > session tracking cookie).  Is this possible?
> >
> > Currently the timezone id I''m saving via
"cookies[:tz]" gets stored ok
> in
> > the application cookie (along with session_id etc), however the
session
> > cookie disappears after the browser is closed - and I don''t
want to keep
> > this session cookie "alive" longer than this.
> >
> > Tks
>
>
> >
>
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PS.  How are you accessing the timezone info in your app out of curiosity?

I''ve doing the following.  Any comments welcomed?
* I''m not accessing via the cookie as if it''s not set and I
set it in a
before filter it remains unset until the next browser request, so what
I''m
doing is:
* Application code accesses value from session, with cookie value being used
when browser closed/opened.
* When even setting timezone in app set both cookie & session.
* BeforeFilter = Ensure that both session and cookie contains value.  If
cookie is nil then set it with with session value and vica versa.  If both
are nil then set a default in both cookie and session


On 7/4/07, wolfmanjm <wolfmanjm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> I use this in my controller...
>
> cookies[:_my_host_tz]= { :value => "PST", :expires =>
> 30.days.from_now, :path => "/" }
>
> and checking in Firefox, it does create a separate cookie from the
> sessions cookie.
> there is a _my_host_session_id and a _my_host_tz cookie.
>
> On Jul 3, 2:48 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app (i.e. and not use
the
> > session tracking cookie).  Is this possible?
> >
> > Currently the timezone id I''m saving via
"cookies[:tz]" gets stored ok
> in
> > the application cookie (along with session_id etc), however the
session
> > cookie disappears after the browser is closed - and I don''t
want to keep
> > this session cookie "alive" longer than this.
> >
> > Tks
>
>
> >
>
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Sorry I''m not actually using the cookie to store TZ info, I''m
actually
using it to store last view time, but the technique for cookie storing
should be the same :)


On Jul 3, 4:14 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> PS.  How are you accessing the timezone info in your app out of curiosity?
>
> I''ve doing the following.  Any comments welcomed?
> * I''m not accessing via the cookie as if it''s not set and
I set it in a
> before filter it remains unset until the next browser request, so what
I''m
> doing is:
> * Application code accesses value from session, with cookie value being
used
> when browser closed/opened.
> * When even setting timezone in app set both cookie & session.
> * BeforeFilter = Ensure that both session and cookie contains value.  If
> cookie is nil then set it with with session value and vica versa.  If both
> are nil then set a default in both cookie and session
>
> On 7/4/07, wolfmanjm
<wolfma...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I use this in my controller...
>
> > cookies[:_my_host_tz]= { :value => "PST", :expires =>
> > 30.days.from_now, :path => "/" }
>
> > and checking in Firefox, it does create a separate cookie from the
> > sessions cookie.
> > there is a _my_host_session_id and a _my_host_tz cookie.
>
> > On Jul 3, 2:48 pm, "Greg Hauptmann"
<greg.hauptmann.r...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
>
> > > How can I create a 2nd/separate cookie for my app (i.e. and not
use the
> > > session tracking cookie).  Is this possible?
>
> > > Currently the timezone id I''m saving via
"cookies[:tz]" gets stored ok
> > in
> > > the application cookie (along with session_id etc), however the
session
> > > cookie disappears after the browser is closed - and I
don''t want to keep
> > > this session cookie "alive" longer than this.
>
> > > Tks

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