How to use Session.Abandon? 1

[greathope123]

Hi,

Can you tell me why this not works:
<%
Session("abc")="abc"
response.write "Session(""abc"") = " & Session("abc") & "<br>"
Session.Abandon
response.write "After Session.Abandon, Session(""abc"") = " & Session("abc") & "<br>"
%>
The output is:
Session("abc") = abc
After Session.Abandon, Session("abc") = abc

 

[ChrisHirst]

The session variables are not destroyed until the script has completed and exited.

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[greathope123]

Session("abc") looks like a function: when we call the function, the function gets the session value and returns it? No??

 

[ChrisHirst]

Abandon() is an 'empty' method, it takes no parameters and does not return a value. It's only purpose is to tell the server to destroy the current session as soon as the script ends rather than waiting for the session to timeout. Useful for making sure that a logout occurs when the user closes their browser instead of it staying active for 20mins.



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[greathope123]

Thanks a lot for your help!!

 

[madiaz91911]

I think you can buffer the output. So, the server will hold back on dishing anything out until it has run the entire script. I think that will allow you to pull of your script.

<%response.Buffer=true%> needs to go at the beging of your page.