Creating a cookie using jquery to store name/value pairs of information

Question

I need to store a cookie that has the following information:

key1: datetime key2: datetime key3: datetime

How can i create and access the cookie with the above properties?

I need to manipulate this cookie via javascript (I am using jquery).

(side question, javascript cookie work is 'live' correct? i.e. it doesn't need a postback to change cookie values etc?)

Answer 1

• You don't need jQuery to read/write cookies. You can use plain javascript. Some good examples are here: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html

• You can use this jQuery plugin to make getting and setting cookies a little easier:

  http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Cookie

• And yes, read/writing cookies is a live action as you mentioned.

Answer 2

1. jQuery Cookies plugin makes life easy.

2. Cookies live on the client's computer, not the server. There is no need to postback when manipulating cookies.