It's the way that CF sessions are held ... cookies with 0 expiration are held in the browser, not saved to the HDD.
---------------------------------------- From: "Kelly" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:33 PM To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Session Variable question Not sure if that will work if he can't use cookies. :) On 4/1/2011 1:28 PM, Jason Fisher wrote: > In your Application.cfc or somewhere global like that (after session is > created), drop this in: > > > > <cfset cfT = cookie.CFTOKEN /> > <cfset cfI = cookie.CFID /> > <cfcookie name="CFTOKEN" value="cfT" /> > <cfcookie name="CFIDE" value="cfI" /> > > > By not setting an 'expires' value in CFCOOKIE, this will ensure that the > session timeout = browser close. > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "CraigSell"<[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:20 PM > To: "cf-talk"<[email protected]> > Subject: Session Variable question > > Hi, I was doing some testing my CF pages and got a surprise. I use > Session > variables to hold certain pieces of user information. I had always > thought > session variables were unique to a browser session such that each new > browser invocation would get a new, unique session variable that would be > destroyed when the browser closed. The testing I did showed that my > assumption is false and that session variables are held across new browser > invocations. > > Then I read the docs (gasp) and find that this is the way it's supposed to > be for CF session variables and that they are cleared only when the > timeout > expires. Sigh. > > I can't have this kind of persistence. I need unique session variables > for > each browser invocation and have them cleared when the browser closes. I > can't use cookies either. > > The documentation implies that switching to J2EE session variables will > create the behavior I desire. I would give it a go but I don't have > access > to cfadmin and it's a chore to get those that do make the change. Does > anyone know if using J2EE session variables will give the desired behavior > in CFMX7 and CFMX8 environments? > > Thanks! > > Warren Koch > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343477 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
