Why is the session variable getting killed?

[frogggg]

At the top of my menu, I have some code to check if the user is logged in by way of session variable, and if so, hello User. Otherwise, it will display a login box.
The problem is that when I get to the first place where the session variable would and should be <> &quot;&quot;, the code seems to be killing the session variable, and my error message of if session(&quot;CandID&quot = &quot;&quot; then
response.write &quot;You must be logged in to update your profile.&quot;
etc.
fires, even though I know on the page before the session variable was hale and hearty.
Here's the code. Can someone please find my mistake?

<%
if session(&quot;CandID&quot <> &quot;&quot; then
dim helloString
helloString = &quot;Hello &quot; & session(&quot;CandID&quot & &quot;!&quot;
helloString = helloString & &quot;If you are not &quot; & session(&quot;CandID&quot & &quot;please &quot;
helloString = helloString & &quot;<a href='default.shtml'>log in.</a>&quot;
Response.Write helloString
else
%>


<h3>Already a member? <br>Login now.</h3>
<form action=&quot;validatePassword.asp&quot; method=&quot;get&quot; name=&quot;frmLogin&quot;>

<table>
<tr>
<td>Username: </td></tr>
<tr>
<td><input id=&quot;text1&quot; name=&quot;txtUserName&quot;></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Password: </td></tr>
<tr>
<td><input type=&quot;password&quot; id=&quot;password1&quot; name=&quot;txtPassword&quot;></td></tr>
</table>
<input type=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;images/img_Submit.gif&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot; id=&quot;submit1&quot; name=&quot;btnSubmit&quot; WIDTH=&quot;106&quot; HEIGHT=&quot;54&quot;>
</form>

<h3>New User? <a href=&quot;profile.shtml&quot;>Click Here</a> </h3>
<%
end if
%>

 

[onpnt]

is the session var being used in a global or in a earlier page. I may not get it the 1st or 2nd time,
but how sweet that 15th time can be.

 

[frogggg]

I got it to work, but I'm not quite sure why it didn't work the first time. All I did was change the place where the variable was being set on the page before, from an onClick event to regular page processing.

BTW, I can certainly agree with your sig, and realize that the 15th time is only so sweet because it's the 15th!