Cookies problem (fwd)

[Rob Hartill <ha...@hyperreal.com>]

I think Brian was our resident cookie monster, but he's otherwise no
longer enganged.

Can anyone help with this...

please respond to Derek.

Forwarded message:
> From <@p...@toybox.demon.co.uk>  Fri Sep 15 13:56:00 1995
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 95 21:08:35 BST
> From: Derek Mulcahy <de...@toybox.demon.co.uk>
> Message-Id: <95...@toybox.demon.co.uk>
> To: apache-bugs@mail.apache.org
> Subject: Cookies problem
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just installed Apache-0.8.13 on a Solaris 2.4 machine.
> No problems during the installation but I encountered a problem with
> a CGI application that I have developed.
> 
> I store state information in a Netscape browser by sending cookies using
> the Set-Cookie: header.  It appears that when Netscape passes the cookies
> to another CGI program, via apache, that only the last cookie sent is
> actually passed.
> 
> When I use the same CGI programs on the CERN server I don't have a problem.
> 
> The HTTP_COOKIE environment variable is sent with the two cookies
> separated by a semi-colon and a space.
> 
> >From inspecting the code I think that all of the data is being stored in one
> table element structure.  This is an excellent data compression technique.
> 
> Although I can track it down and even attempt to be witty about it I don't
> think I can suggest a solution.
> 
> Thanks for all your efforts, Apache was easy to install and is very fast.
> 
> Derek Mulcahy, Technical Toys Limited.
>