Well the setting in the CF Administrator will always take precedence over whatever is set in the Application.cfm file. So it is a good idea to check with your host what they have set.
For CFMX 6.1 "maximum" session (by default) is two days. A long time for a session. And the same applies for Application which seems reasonable unless your application is very popular and hence adjustments might be in order. Default settings are 2 days for application level vars and 20 minutes for session level vars. I believe that the server settings for session vars can be overwritten with the CFAPPLICATION tag? Otherwise 20 minutes might seem a bit on the lenient side. Assuming a "safe" timeout of 20 minutes is not a bad idea. There are ways to extend the session limit merely by performing some sort of client/server exchange (eg a CFLOCATION event) to keep the session alive. Welcome to the world of web application development where every situation will more than likely be different. Peter Tilbrook ColdFusion Applications Developer ColdGen Internet Solutions Manager, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group - http://www.actcfug.com 4/73 Tharwa Road Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620 AUSTRALIA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Payne-Rhodes Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2004 3:41 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Is this any way to end sessions? I don't think resetting the timeout is going to have any impact because, assuming there is a cfapplication tag in the application.cfm file, the timeout will get reset as soon as the next visitor comes along. Won't it? Brett B) --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MXDU2004 + Macromedia DevCon AsiaPac + Sydney, Australia http://www.mxdu.com/ + 24-25 February, 2004
