On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:35:59 -0400, Greg Bullough wrote: > At 02:01 PM 10/16/02 -0400, FlashGuy wrote: > >How can I stop session variables from timing out until the browser is > >closed or the user logs out? > > You can't really. Because the web is 'stateless' there is no connection between > the browser and the server except when a request is actually being processed. > In fact that's rather why we have session variables in the first place...to > solve > that problem. > > Session variables expire according to a timer from the last request > (configurable > via the administrator). You can set a very long time-out, and then use one of > the available custom tags to blow the variables away on log-out, but there is > still no way to know that the user has closed the browser. Still, this may be > acceptable so long as you understand that the persistent session variables > are taking up space in the CF server's memory, which may be problem if > you have lots of sessions and may not if you don't.
There could be 50-100 session open at the same time. Possibly accessing the same data/directories etc. > This problem isn't unique to Cold Fusion, by the way. > > >--------------------------------------------------- > >Colonel Nathan R. Jessop > >Commanding Officer > >Marine Ground Forces > >Guatanamo Bay, Cuba > > Here's hurrah for old Gitmo on Cuba's fair shore > The land of the bedbug the flea and the <ahem> s'more > We'll sing of her praises and pray for the day > We get the **** out of Guantanamo Bay! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
