How to set a CFCOOKIE without a page reload?

[OldNapkin]

Is there a way to set a CFCOOKIE without a page reload when a user clicks a button/link/whatever? For example, an 'Add to cart' link.

Thanks!

[BKBK]

I don't understand. Doesn't a page reload "when a user clicks a button/link/whatever? "

[Dstharding]

This is just a guess, but I bet you could set a cookie with Javascript and then access it later with cfcookie if you worked it right.

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[BKBK]

Just do <cfcookie> on the page the button/link/whatever is pointing to.

[Dstharding]

BKBK, I'm pretty sure OldNapkin is saying he/she wants to use ajax remoting on the page or something so that the entire page doesnt reload, but cfcookie doesnt work until after the page reloads...

[OldNapkin]

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Originally posted by: Dstharding
BKBK, I'm pretty sure OldNapkin is saying he/she wants to use ajax remoting on the page or something so that the entire page doesnt reload, but cfcookie doesnt work until after the page reloads...

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That is exactly what I want to do. Can I use AJAX to call a Cookie-setting CFC with a click?

[OldNapkin · Accepted solution]

Got it figured out. Here is an example in case anyone else would happen to need it.

[BKBK]

Dstharding, then your Javascript guess is good (document.cookie="username=BKBK; loggedIn=yes";)

[BKBK]

A couple of points.

1) I don't think there should be a forward slash in the bind expression.
2) Your client code suggests the client determines the cookie value. Isn't that bad?
3) Though using 'value' as an attribute of <div> might work, 'value' is not an attribute of the tag.
4) Why all the HTML? Isn't something like the following sufficient?