I'm pretty sure once a session starts you can't change the timeout of
the session. So what you are doing in the onRequestStart() won't work.
I vaguely recall this working on CF7 and earlier days, but not any longer.
.pjf
Matthew Reinbold said the following on 08/26/2010 10:13 PM:
> Ok, I've got sample code and log file dumps. The good news is that the
> behavior is consistent on both CF8 and OpenBD 1.2. The bad thing is
> that I don't understand why the
>
> <cfset this.sessionTimeout = CreateTimeSpan(0,0,application.ST,0) />
>
> doesn't appear to be working on either.
>
> The sample code consists of two files, an application.cfc (below) and
> a blank index.cfm:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> <cfcomponent name="Application" displayname="Test" output="true" >
> <cfset this.name = "TestApp">
> <cfset this.applicationTimeout = CreateTimeSpan(0,2,0,0)>
>
> <cfparam name="application.ST" default="20">
>
> <cfset this.sessionManagement = "true">
> <cfset this.sessionTimeout = CreateTimeSpan(0,0,application.ST,0) />
>
> <!---
> ================================================================================================
> --->
> <cffunction name="onSessionStart" returnType="void" output="true">
>
> <cflog text="session has started #now()# with a timeout of
> #this.sessionTimeout# (#(this.sessionTimeout * 24 * 60)#m)" />
> <cfif StructKeyExists(application,"sessionTimeout")>
> <cflog text="application.ST is currently
> #application.ST#" />
> <cfelse>
> <cflog text="'ST' does not exist in the application
> scope yet,
> bucko.">
> </cfif>
>
> </cffunction>
>
> <!---
> ================================================================================================
> --->
> <cffunction name="onSessionEnd" returnType="void" output="true">
> <cfargument name="SessionScope" required="true" />
> <cfargument name="ApplicationScope" required="true" />
>
> <cflog text="session has ended #now()#" />
>
> </cffunction>
>
> <!---
> ================================================================================================
> --->
> <cffunction name="onRequest" returntype="void" output="true">
> <cfargument name="targetPage" required="true">
>
> <cfif StructKeyExists(url,"time")>
> <cfset this.sessionTimeout =
> createTimeSpan(0,0,url.time,0) />
> <cfset application.ST = url.time />
>
> <cflog text="timeout updated #now()# with a timeout of
> #this.sessionTimeout# (#(this.sessionTimeout * 24 * 60)#m)" />
> <cflog text="application.ST is currently
> #application.ST#" />
> <cfelse>
> <cflog text="new request at #now()# but timeout remains
> #this.sessionTimeout#" />
> <cfif StructKeyExists(application,"ST")>
> <cflog text="application.ST is currently
> #application.ST#" />
> <cfelse>
> <cflog text="'ST' does not exist in the
> application scope yet,
> bucko.">
> </cfif>
> </cfif>
>
> <cfoutput>
> The request has started, timeout is:
> #this.sessionTimeout#,
> <cfif StructKeyExists(application,"ST")>
> w application sessionTimeout of #application.ST#
> <cfelse>
> w/o an application scope variable to set things
> </cfif>
>
> <br />
> <a href="?#createUUID()#">New Request?</a>
> </cfoutput>
> </cffunction>
>
>
> </cfcomponent>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> The steps to reproduce are as follows:
> 1) hit the index.cfm file (upon enter, the timeout and application
> timeout will still be the default in the admin screen, regardless of
> what's on top of the application.cfc)
> 2) click on the "new request" link, resetting the request (upon enter,
> the timeout and application timeout will still be the default in the
> admin screen, regardless of what's on top of the application.cfc)
> 3) change the url to remove the UUID and replace it with
> "time=5" (upon enter, the stated session timeout will be correct, with
> application variable equal to 5)
> 4) click on the "new request" link again (the session timeout will
> again be the default in the xml file or admin screen, even though the
> application variable is correctly set and should be used to set the
> timeout in the application.cfc psuedo constructor)
>
> also odd is that both openBD and CF8 the cfparam statement at the top
> of the application.cfc file doesn't not seem to be used at all to
> created a default value in the application scope.
>
> Finally, the log output:
>
> ==================
> CF8
> ------------------
> "Severity","ThreadID","Date","Time","Application","Message"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:26",,"C:\ColdFusion8\logs
> \application.log initialized"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:26","TESTAPP","session has
> started {ts '2010-08-26 21:04:26'} with a timeout of 1200 (1728000m)"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:26","TESTAPP","'ST' does not
> exist in the application scope yet, bucko."
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:26","TESTAPP","new request at
> {ts '2010-08-26 21:04:26'} but timeout remains 1200"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:26","TESTAPP","'ST' does not
> exist in the application scope yet, bucko."
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:36","TESTAPP","new request at
> {ts '2010-08-26 21:04:36'} but timeout remains 1200"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:36","TESTAPP","'ST' does not
> exist in the application scope yet, bucko."
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:50","TESTAPP","timeout
> updated {ts '2010-08-26 21:04:50'} with a timeout of 0.00347222222222
> (5m)"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:04:50","TESTAPP","application.ST
> is currently 5"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:05:11","TESTAPP","new request at
> {ts '2010-08-26 21:05:11'} but timeout remains 1200"
> "Information","jrpp-1","08/26/10","21:05:11","TESTAPP","application.ST
> is currently 5"
> ==================
>
>
> ==================
> OpenBD 1.2
> ------------------
> 26/08/10 20:58.12: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; session has started {ts
> '2010-08-26 20:58:12'} with a timeout of 0.0138888888889 (20m)
> 26/08/10 20:58.12: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; 'ST' does not exist in the
> application scope yet, bucko.
> 26/08/10 20:58.12: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; new request at {ts '2010-08-26
> 20:58:12'} but timeout remains 0.0138888888889
> 26/08/10 20:58.12: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; 'ST' does not exist in the
> application scope yet, bucko.
> 26/08/10 20:58.21: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; new request at {ts '2010-08-26
> 20:58:21'} but timeout remains 0.0138888888889
> 26/08/10 20:58.21: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; 'ST' does not exist in the
> application scope yet, bucko.
> 26/08/10 20:59.10: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; timeout updated {ts
> '2010-08-26 20:59:10'} with a timeout of 0.00347222222222 (5m)
> 26/08/10 20:59.10: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; application.ST is currently 5
> 26/08/10 21:00.49: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; new request at {ts '2010-08-26
> 21:00:49'} but timeout remains 0.0138888888889
> 26/08/10 21:00.49: Information; TestApp;
> thread[14746...@qtp-28168925-7,5,main]; application.ST is currently 5
> ------------------
>
> That's a very long winded way of saying "why is my
> 'this.sessionTimeout'" continually being overridden by the server
> default? If I set this one line and only this one line to anything
> other than the server default the log file still shows the timeout is
> being the server default. Am I missing something?
>
>
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