I do believe cookies get passed on every request by the browser. The problem before MX, I believe, was that cf was not sending the cookies properly.
-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 6:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: cfLOCATION - what's it doing?? Ben - i thought that as of CFMX, cookies would work in conjunction with <cflocation>? just want to confirm/clarify since you mention "sans cookies"... On 12/7/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some of each, in a way. cflocation sends a redirect header to the > browser. Because it's a header, it has to come before content, and why > it won't work after a cfflush. At this point, the server stops sending > any data (stops processing the page, really) so no content ever reaches > the browser. The browser then (if it's behaving properly) issues a new > request, sans cookies, to the page specified in the redirect header. > > --Ben > > Ben Nadel wrote: > > Snake, Jon, > > > > While CFLocation IS coldfusion, it actually goes go across to the browser. I > > believe it sends a meta redirect or something of that nature. So it IS cold > > fusion, but it is NOT server side, as far as I understand. > > > > Because of this, CFLocation will not work if you have already flushed > > content to the browser (via CFFlush or some other method) since at that > > point it is too late for the server to update the headers with the redirect. > > > > So, if its just not working, try putting some cfsilent tags around the code > > surrounding the CFLocation and make sure you are not writing to the browser > > first. > > > > Sorry if there is some misinformation there, but I think that's the jist of > > it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:226505 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
