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Cookies
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» Max - The reason cookies are used varies from site to site, but quite The reason cookies are used varies from site to site, but quite often they contain a unique identifier so the site can retrieve information about you from a local database; information like what you have selected for purchase but have not bought yet. So, to answer Jim, quite often they do store additional information.Max M. Ramsay -- posted by Max » Robin_Friedman - Also, to save information to a server, you would need to use Jav Also, to save information to a server, you would need to use Java or CGI, which requires a compiler. With javascript, cookies are client side and can be completely embedded in html, which eliminates the pain of having to compile your code.Robin Friedman -- posted by Robin_Friedman » Max - Robin, You left out ASP and the other technologies that are p Robin,You left out ASP and the other technologies that are possible on an IIS site. ASP requires no compiling and can do extremely powerful things on the backend that cannot be done on the clent side (like customizing the client-side JavaScript). Eddie, I dunno where it started, but it's being fed by the media hype... Cookies, oh no, must be evil things; why else would they store information on your computer... -- posted by Max » ArthurB - A "cookie" brainstorm... This may have already occured to many of y'all but, just in case, I was thinking, by copying the accepted cookie.txt file to a safe place, one could always go back and retrieve it and chuck away the latest that might have a goober or two on it. :-)Just a thought... -- posted by ArthurB
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