session ID

[scroots]

can i chnage the session ID to anything i like using a script, for example is it possible to set the session ID to bloggsj?
when does a session expire?
scroots

[glenngv]

I think SessionID is just readonly.
Session timeout by default is 20 mins. But you can set it during runtime by:
Session.Timeout = 30 'in minutes

for more details of the session object, pls see the link below:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/asp/quickref/session.html

[whammy]

I wouldn't depend on the sessionID for anything, since it is not necessarily unique. What are you trying to accomplish? :D

[scroots]

i want to set the session ID after logging into my site so i can check wheter a usr is allowed to access pages or not.


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[whammy]

Why don't you just use a session variable? i.e.

Session("allowedviewing") = "Unlimited"

or something...

[scroots]

whammy do you have any more info on session variable as that might be the way forward.

scroots

[whammy]

http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_sessions.asp

[angiras]

you can have an enum

public Enum Allow as byte
no
yes
maybe
End Enum

and in you global.asax

session("allow") = Allow.maybe as default value

then depending on your parameters


you rewrite tes session

session("allow") = Allow.yes

and a general sub for your pages

public shared sub IsAllowed ()

select case (ctype(session("Allow"), Allow)

case Allow.maybe

response.redirect ("login.aspx")

case Allow.yes

show all

case Allow.no

show limited

end select

end sub

[angiras]

as default value
is just a commentar

[scroots]

thank you whammy

scroots