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 my Response.Cookies
collection? Do I need to add a new cookie with the same key using Response.Cookies.Add()
, or do I need to use Response.Cookies.Set()
?
There is a difference:
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.