Session Management without Application.cfm

[bhargava]

Hi,

I am developing an Application where, I am required to use Session variables to identify the user and perform user related task.

I want to achieve this by using Session Variables as they provide a much better way of handling user sessions, but I can't use Application.cfm to define application wide settings.

Is there a way out for what I want or I am talking out of my senses.

Kindly suggest

Amit

 

[Bramvg]

Hi bhargava ,

Using the application.cfm is a correct choice.

Beneth you can find an example:


<CFAPPLICATION NAMEbhargava&quot;
CLIENTMANAGEMENT=&quot;Yes&quot;
SESSIONMANAGEMENT=&quot;Yes&quot;
SETCLIENTCOOKIES=&quot;Yes&quot;
SESSIONTIMEOUT=#CreateTimeSpan(days, hours, minutes, seconds)#
APPLICATIONTIMEOUT=#CreateTimeSpan(days, hours, minutes, seconds)#
CLIENTSTORAGE=&quot;cookie&quot;>


<!--- Check if UserID (UID) is defined in a cookie --->
<cfif parameterExists(Client.UID)>
<cfset Client.UID = &quot;#UID#&quot;>
(your code here)
<cfelse>
<!--- We will generate a new random userID--->
<cfset random_word = &quot;&quot;>
<cfloop index=&quot;ii&quot; from=&quot;1&quot; to=&quot;7&quot;>
<cfset random_number = &quot;#RandRange(1,26)#&quot;>
<cfset alphabet = &quot;ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ&quot;>
<cfset random_letter = &quot;#Mid alphabet,random_number,1)#&quot;>
<cfset random_word = &quot;#ListAppend(random_word,random_letter)#&quot;>
</cfloop>
<cfset random_word = &quot;#Replace(random_word, &quot;,&quot;, &quot;&quot;, &quot;ALL&quot#&quot;>
<cfset random_number = &quot;#RandRange(1000,9999)#&quot;>

<cfset Client.UID = &quot;#random_word##random_number#&quot;>

</cfif>

<!--- set data source for this application --->
<CFSET dsn = &quot;my_dsn&quot;>

I hope this is of any use.
With kind regards
Bram

 

[tlhawkins]

hmmm...

If I read your post correctly bhargava it looks like you're asking how to do session variables without an application.cfm file. I'm not sure why you have that restriction but without prying I can tell you that that should not be a problem, you will just have to include the code just like Bramvg showed you in each file. Probably the easiest would be putting that code in a text file and useing <CFINCLUDE... to put it in the header of each file.

Have fun...

 

[bhargava]

thanks all,

hawkins that did the trick.

thanks a lot

Amit