On page 94 in "Mastering ColdFusion 4.0"- author: Arman Danesh, Kristin
Aileen Motlagh":
" A server can set only 20 cookies in a client browser with newer cookies
replacing older ones as this limit is crossed."
"Cookies have a length limit of 4,096 characters(4KB). This length includes
the value , name, and additional information such as the expiration date.
Effectively , this means the actual value stored in the cookies needs to be
less than 4KB in length."
----- Original Message -----
From: James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Cookies disappear
> I was always led to believe the limit was 15 per domain, does anyone have
a
> definitive answer on this as I have never needed more than 2 so I have
never
> tested it?
>
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> James Smith - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lon Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 2:10 PM
> Subject: RE: Cookies disappear
>
>
> > >
> > > From: cfm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >
> > > I have created a dynamic site where I tried to save a lot of the
dynamic
> > information in cookies.
> > > At any 1 time there could be about 25 cookies. None of them are very
> > large, each holding a max of
> > > about 45 bytes. This dynamic information is stuff like a cookie for
the
> > main font color, a cookie
> > > for the main domain url, etc. These cookies are pulled up on every
> page.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cookies are limited to 20 per domain. The 21st cookie will cause the
> first
> > one to be purged. I
> > believe that the max memory size for all of your site's cookies is 4k.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lon Lentz
> > Applications Developer - GetLists.Com
> > DataWarehousing and List Sales - Market your lists on the Net!
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 941-541-9000 Ext. 210
> >
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