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Cookies and Session Variables

How does cookies differ from session variables?

Total Answers and Comments: 5

Last Update: October 19, 2009 Asked by: pooja007

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Submitted by: Ume Sharma

Cookies hold small text whereas session can hold bigger amount of data
All browser dose not support cookies.

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March 18, 2009 06:42:16

Ume Sharma

Member Since: March 2009 Contribution: 1

RE: Cookies and Session Variables

Cookies hold small text whereas session can hold bigger amount of data
All browser dose not support cookies.

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April 13, 2009 03:24:04

sharath R chandra

Member Since: April 2009 Contribution: 3

RE: Cookies and Session Variables

Cookies are used for client based state management whereas session variables are used for server side state management.

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August 06, 2009 05:02:47

mrp100461

Member Since: January 2008 Contribution: 11

RE: Cookies and Session Variables

Cookies are files on the users computer. The cookie can expire or be made permanent but the user can delete the cookie.
A session holds data with that session. The length of time a session is open can be changed. But after the session is finished the data is destroyed.

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August 17, 2009 01:50:48

KukkuDipu

Member Since: August 2009 Contribution: 2

RE: Cookies and Session Variables

Cookies are stored in the user computer but sessions are stored in the
server.

All browser will not support cookies. But session will be supported by all
browser.

There is no option for disabling a session in the browser. But through browser
settings we can put off cookies.

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October 19, 2009 13:49:09

nikhiljain27

Member Since: November 2005 Contribution: 1

RE: Cookies and Session Variables

Cookies:
1) Cookies can hold small amount of data in text format.
2) Cookies created on browser.
3) Cookies can be disabled by user computer.

Session:
1) Session can hold large amount of data.
2) Session created on the Server.
3) Session can not be disabled by user computer.

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