I agree ... (didn't actually disagree) .. <cfif #session.loggedin# Is ""> does about the same thing and IsDefined...
I just happen to be working with sessions at that time, and that is one w ay I was clearing it out .. but I didn't want to loose the session either ... If I were just doing a login/logout yeah .. your way is the way to go.. b ut eitherway will accomplish the same result Cheers Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign http://www.quilldesign.com SiteDirector - Commerce Builder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:15 PM Subject: RE: simple question - how do you manually time out a session variable > Why keep the session if there's nothing in it :) > > Dropping the session will log them out. > > If he's tracking loggedin status by isDefined("SESSION.loggedin"), he'd > have to go through and add AND len(SESSION.loggedin) since your way jus t > sets them to "". > > ______________________ > steve oliver > atnet solutions, inc. > http://www.atnetsolutions.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:51 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: simple question - how do you manually time out a session > variable > > > Steve's dumps the session totally and my example keeps the session, but > drops anything in it. > > Paul Giesenhagen > QuillDesign > http://www.quilldesign.com > SiteDirector - Commerce Builder > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:48 PM > Subject: Re: simple question - how do you manually time out a session > variable > > > > Thank you, Paul and Steve, for your help. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Giesenhagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:31 PM > > Subject: Re: simple question - how do you manually time out a session > > variable > > > > > > > If you are wanting the session to END, just > > > > > > <cfset session.sessionname = ""> > > > > > > (Wrap it in cflock EXCLUSIVE) > > > > > > Paul Giesenhagen > > > QuillDesign > > > http://www.quilldesign.com > > > SiteDirector - Commerce Builder > > > > > > > > > > Hi,All: > > > > > > > > I know you can set time out for a session variable by changing th e > > > > default value in CF administration, but can you time out a sessio n > > > > variable manually? For example, if the user clicks a button > called > > > > "logout", then the next page sets the session expire or time out. > > > > > > > > > > > > Nathan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
