Re: session question

From: San (sanjay_nadimpalli@yahoo.com)
Date: 07/23/02 

From: "San" <sanjay_nadimpalli@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:04:27 -0700

How is session expiration handled on server? Does programmer have any
control over it? Can I programmatically "reset" the Session timer?

Thanks

San
"Patrick Y. Ng (ms)" <patng@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eq8hnHdMCHA.1976@tkmsftngp11...
> (a) It's because no expiration date is set on the session id cookie
> (b) Session expiry isn't implemented using the cookie expiry. It's
> implemented on the server side. (Consider the case where cookieless is
> used) Session.Timeout gives you the expiry period in minutes.
>
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> Patrick Y. Ng
> ASP.NET Developer
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>
> "San" <sanjay_nadimpalli@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eRpWvpcMCHA.668@tkmsftngp09...
> > I have the following two lines of code that get called on every http
> > request:
> >
> > HttpCookie cookie =
> > HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["ASP.NET_SessionId"];
> >
> > Response.AppendToLog("Cookie expires on date:" + cookie.Expires);
> >
> > The expiration time on cookie ASP.NET_SessionId is always January 1,
0001,
> > 12 AM. Two things:
> >
> > (a) Why is it initialized to Jan 1, 2001 12 AM?
> >
> > (b) Shouldnt the cookie expiration change whenever the user makes a
> request
> > (within the 20 minute interval, assuming session timeout is set to 20
> > minutes).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > San
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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