How do I test a Session has Timed out????

[pwel]

Hi all,

I need to be able to test if a Session has timeout out, to prevent an error ocurring.

Cheers in advance,

Paul. Paul Welding
Web Developer

 

[snowboardr]

If session("mysession&quot = ""
'session is no longer there..
Else
'session is still there..
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[Custom24]

What snowboardr said will work as long as you set the variable "mysession" to some flag in the session start event within global.asax

You might want to try Session.IsNewSession - this is supposed to tell you if the session was initiated with the current request

HTH

Mark

 

[Custom24]

Ooops! I thought this was the asp.net forum!

Snowboardr's reply and my comment on it are still valid, but session.isnewsession does not exist in classic asp

Sorry

Mark

 

[pwel]

Cheers guys,

I set a variable in the global.asa and tested for it having a vaild value in my pages, works a treat.

Cheers again.

Paul. Paul Welding
Web Developer

 

[snowboardr]

Curious, why do you have to edit the global asa to achieve what you are wanting to do?

if I helped.

 

[pwel]

snowboardr,

I set a session variable, Session("userLoggedIn&quot = "no" in the global.asa so it was set when the session starts.

Once the user has been authenticated, I set the variable to = "yes" from my pages. I then test for it at the start of each page, if the session had ended the variable would not exist, and i redirect the user back to the login page..

Hope that makes sense.

Paul. Paul Welding
Web Developer

 

[snowboardr]

Ah I understand =)

if I helped.