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SYMPTOMSWhen using the XML Document Object Model (DOM), the setRequestHeader method on the XMLHttpRequest object does not seem to set cookie headers as expected. The first call to setRequestHeader using the Cookie HTTP header seems to have no effect. RESOLUTIONTo add cookies to the request, the call to setRequestHeader for the Cookie header must be repeated because the first call is ignored:
Note that setting cookies in this manner is atypical. Cookies are best set by the server using the Set-Cookie header.
MORE INFORMATIONHere is some example Visual Basic code that creates an XML HTTP request and sends an XML document to a Web server after setting a cookie on the request:
REFERENCESFor more information on XML, see the XML documentation on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). © Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved. Additional query words:
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