Count session values

[bobbyr]

Is there a way to count session values such as how many people are logged in with a session("GroupId&quot = 5 ?

Thanks,
Bobby R

 

[mwolf00]

I don't believe so.

I recommend that you add this to you global.asa file...

sub session_OnStart
application("usersOn&quot = application("usersOn&quot + 1
end sub

sub session_OnEnd
application("usersOn&quot = application("usersOn&quot - 1
end sub

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[bobbyr]

Thanks, I hadn't heard of anything like that before, but you never know. Probably what would be better is just make a "LoggedIn" table in the db and write session data there when someone logs in and delete when session ends..

Thanks,
Bobby

 

[mwolf00]

Why use a table and the additional overhead when an application variable can hold the data easily?

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rich Cook

 

[bobbyr]

I'm not simply counting the number of users that are logged in. I have multiple customers loggin in from different locations and need to track the number of users from each location as part of a licensing scheme.

So.. when a person logs in from Customer A, they get a session("CustomerId&quot = "A", Customer B gets a session("CustomerId&quot = "B", and so on. I need to be able to count the number of Customer A's that are on the system at a given time to limit their number of logins to whatever their license number is.

Bobby

 

[mwolf00]

so when you verify where they are from (be it a,b,c or d) you can still use the application variable...

when you set session("CustomerId&quot = "A"

you can add this line...

application(session("CustomerId&quot) = application(session("CustomerId&quot) + 1

and in the session_onEnd you can add:

if session(&quot;customerId&quot <> &quot;&quot; then
application(session(&quot;CustomerId&quot) = application(session(&quot;CustomerId&quot) - 1
end if



Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rich Cook