Cookies and browser limit

Question

User-1224340785 posted

Up to this point, I've been using Session state to identify users, but Session is lost when user restarts the browser. I'm currently cooking into storing userid as a cookie (encrypted) and store the rest in Session.

I'd like to use a persistent cookie to identify a user (let's call it "userid").

I will also use additional (non-persistent) cookies to store some information when user goes from page to page. I read here that browsers have a limit on how many cookies they store per domain (about 20) and if you put more, the oldest cookies are discarded.

My question is: will it discard my persistent cookie or only non-persistent ones? I wouldn't want the browser to delete the "userid". Is there any way I can control that?

Answer 1

User-451260051 posted

"will it discard my persistent cookie" Yes.

"Is there any way I can control that?" No.

Unfortunately, you are at the mercy of the browser.

Answer 2

User1795480543 posted

Hi,

A workaround would be to store muliple data in a single cookie, to reduce the risk of crossing the number limit. The below link might help

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1173729/storing-multiple-values-in-cookies