Hi Richard If you switch to Data::Session, you can use $session -> modified(0) in the server's code to stop the session being saved:
http://search.cpan.org/~rsavage/Data-Session-1.03/lib/Data/Session.pm#modified() Perhaps that will suffice. On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:49 +0000, Richard Jones wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an ajax function which polls the server every few minutes, > looking for new messages for the logged in user. Unfortunately it's > acting as a keep-alive for the session, as it effectively prevents the > idle timeout duration ever being reached. I can't set the server poll > frequency to a value higher than the idle timeout or it defeats the purpose. > > I'm using CAP::Session & CAP::Authentication. If there is some way to > avoid updating the CGI::Session _SESSION_ATIME and/or the > CAP::Authentication AUTH_LAST_ACCESS values (not sure if both are > effectively keeping the session alive), that would be good - a patch or > an existing (undocumented) method? Maybe pass a runtime option to bypass > updating the atime / last_access values? > > Otherwise I'll probably have to move the ajax function out of the app > entirely, which would be a pity as it shares a lot of the app code. -- Ron Savage http://savage.net.au/ Ph: 0421 920 622 ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################
