HttpCookieCollection.Add vs HttpCookieCollection.Set - Does the Request.Cookies collection get copied to the Response.Cookies collection?
There is a difference:
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Response.Cookies.Add()
will allow duplicate cookies to be set http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httpcookiecollection.add.aspx -
Response.Cookies.Set()
will make sure the cookie is unique by first checking to ensure the cookie doesn't exist http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httpcookiecollection.set.aspx
Duplicate cookies typically requires extra handling to determine which is the most recent. I'm not sure of a case when you would want duplicate cookies on the same site, maybe someone else can chime in with an example
Edit: In your case, you want to use set because you are updating.
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Updated on June 27, 2022Comments
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smartcaveman almost 2 years
I just want to clear this up.
I know that if I have set a cookie on a previous request, it will show up in my
Request.Cookies
collection.I want to update my existing Cookie.
Are the cookies from my
Request.Cookies
collection already copied to myResponse.Cookies
collection? Do I need to add a new cookie with the same key usingResponse.Cookies.Add()
, or do I need to useResponse.Cookies.Set()
?