Thanks Stephen. But I'm going to use session variable, why not use session.onend to update the database? Otherwise, how would I query all the sessions to determine if the user is logged on from within the page that lists active users? But if I use session.onend, don't I have to put that in global.asa? How do I know which session just ended?
Diane -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Caudill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Chat room Diane Schips on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:02 PM said: : I'm making progress on my chat room, but now I have another : question. Along one side of the page, I have a list of the : people currently logged on. In a perfect world, every user who : leaves the site would click the "exit" button, keeping g the : logged on list current. Since we're not in a perfect world, how : can I tell is a user is logged on? Or better yet, can I execute : any code after File|Close have been clicked, or when the 'X' is : clicked? : : Diane Diane, It sounds like you are tracking log on status via a boolean value in the database. If I may suggest, keep track of their log on status in the session variable: Session.Contents("logon") = "true" this makes it a bit easier as the session automatically expires after a default time of 20 minutes, or as soon as the user closes their browser, whichever comes first. hth, Stephen Caudill http://www.mechavox.com ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
