This tutorial will help you by explaining the difference between using permanent cookies and session cookies. HTTP does not support persistent information to help a web server distinguish between clients. Each request for a web page is the same as a new user visiting a new web page. Netscape came up with a technology that will identify each client to the server. It is called a cookie. A cookie is a simple text file that holds information about the user and is saved to the users computer. The cookie is set by the Response object. It only works if the browser is able to accept cookies or is set to accept cookies.
