how to extract specific information in cookie in asp.net

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hi to all,

I am a beginner and working on building websites on asp.net platform in visual studio 2008. I have created a basic login system. Now I used cookie to store username in it so that I can use it to access the respective database.

For example. a person with username abc logins. It is redirected to profile page. Now here I want to show his profile details in a list view but could not do. So I thought to use username stored in the cookie to fill the SQL WHERE condition to search the table details of that person and fill it in the LIST VIEW.

So how can I get the cookie information. As I have tried but I access all the information of it at once like "9 may 2011 12:22:20 uid=abc"

If there is another way of showing the information of a particular registered user after he log in then please help me out.

Thanks to U.

Posted 8-May-11 20:12pm

ani4hp

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Solution 1

See MSDN Reading a Cookie[^] - it's pretty simple!

Posted 8-May-11 20:29pm

OriginalGriff

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ani4hp 9-May-11 3:02am

<pre><pre lang="xml">HttpCookie myCookie = new HttpCookie("MyTestCookie");
myCookie = Request.Cookies["MyTestCookie"];
// Read the cookie information and display it.
if (myCookie != null)
Response.Write("<p>"+ myCookie.Name + "<p>"+ myCookie.Value);
else
Response.Write("not found");</pre>
</pre>

This is the example I got but I want to use the value to display it in a label control. But I assign it I get error saying cannot convert void to string.

ani4hp 9-May-11 3:06am

I am using cookie to get the username after authentication so that when the user goes to profile page he see his own details in list view.

OriginalGriff 9-May-11 3:17am

Then check that you have written it into the right cookie!

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Sandeep Mewara · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-08T20:54:00

Solution 2

This article too would help you out: Beginner's Guide To ASP.NET Cookies[^]

Posted 8-May-11 20:54pm

Sandeep Mewara