true... it shows that i've not yet fully embraced Application.cfc, eh? :)
On 7/17/07, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you should be a bit careful on wording here. Doing structClear > on a session will NOT timeout the session. It just removes the data in > it. So for example, onSessionEnd will not fire. > > On 7/17/07, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rick: > > > > even if there weren't any differences from a coding standpoint, the > > fact that you can choose between the two still suggests that they are > > different (at least different enough that the choice is there). > > > > J2EE sessions end on browser close. traditional cf sessions do not. > > > > you can time out a J2EE session via <cfset > > getPageContext().getSession().invalidate()>. you'd time out a > > traditional cf session via <cfset structClear(session) />. > > > > that there's a coding difference :) > > > > On 7/17/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, the interviewer was actually asking if I used j2ee session > > > variables, to which I would've quickly answered "no" > > > > > > But as far as coldfusion is concerned, There's only one type of > > > session variables. Those are variables placed in the session scope. > > > > > > Whether or not they are J2EE session variables is an administrative > > > setting of the server. > > > > > > I don't really consider them a different type of session variable, > > > because from a coding standpoint, you don't really treat them any > > > differently. > > > > > > Although he said he'd heard you didn't need to lock j2ee session > > > variables. > > > > > > All I know is that when you cluster, you *HAVE* to use j2ee session > > > variables in order to get them to replicate. > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

