Non-persistent cookie

[Marco Rispoli]

I am using this function to write a cookie:

private static void SaveCookie(string CookieName, string CookieValue, bool
Persistent)
{
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies[CookieName].Value = CookieValue;
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies[CookieName].Path = "/";
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies[CookieName].Domain =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["cookie_domain"].ToString();
if (Persistent) {HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies [CookieName].Expires
= DateTime.Now.AddMonths(12);}
}

The cookie gets written correctly except that if I pass false to Persistent
(and Expires doesn't get set, I stepped through the code, I am sure of
that), the cookie is still persistent.(if I close the browser and re-open it
the cookie is still there).

I had similar code in traditional ASP and it was working fine. Is there a
step I am missing?

The default value of the Expires property appears to be {1/1/1}

PS: I am not using formsauthentication and I don't plan to do it.

Thanks!

 

[clintonG]

Have you tried -1 as the expiry value when you do not
want persistence?

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