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Hi,

I have a web application (JSP, Servlets) running on Tomcat 4.2, Linux 9, jdk 1.4.
When I browse the application using IE 5.5/6.0 the session is properly carried throughout the application but when I browse using Netscape 4.7 the session variables are not carried.
Any suggestion / comments to solve the problem ?

Thank you in advance
 
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Is your Notscape configured to reject cookies maybe?
If so the session information (which is carried in a cookie) is lost between requests.

A question: is there a hard requirement to support Notscape? If not, drop it.
From some research I did last year when working for an e-commerce site we discovered that the percentage of Notscape 4 users was well under 1% and dropping. That includes ALL minor versions, which are not even compatible with each other so you need to write code for all of them.
 
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Hi,

Thanx for the suggestion.
Netscape is set to accept all the cookies and I do require netscape support.
 
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Are you maybe trying to access the same session through different windows generated with the New Window menuoption (Ctrl-N)?
This works as expected in IE where all windows in the same process share a session, in Notscape it doesn't work and all windows will get different sessions (this is a known problem with Notscape).
 
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Netscape is set to accept all the cookies and I do require netscape support.



But Netscape 4.7? Are you also required to support Internet Explorer 2? You do realize that Netscape 8 is imminent?

NN 4.7 is seriously seriously outdated and whoever is imposing this requirement on you needs a serious reality check.
 
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