Global.asa - Session_OnEnd Question ..

[MostlyH2O]

Hi Folks,

I'm having a hard time getting my Session_OnEnd event to fire in my
global.asa.
Here's what I have:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBSCRI PT RUNAT=Server>
SUB Session_OnStart
Session.TimeOut = 30
END SUB

Sub Session_OnEnd
Response.Redire ct("http://mydomain.com/mylogin.asp")
End Sub
</SCRIPT>

I made a simple page to call the session.abandon - to test the OnEnd event.
But it doesn't fire. I have set the session.timeout to 1 and also waited for
the default 20 to pass. I just can't get that redirect to occur when the
session ends.

I know the global.asa is set up properly, because the OnStart event WILL
fire if I move my redirect statement to the SUB Session_OnStart routine.

Thanks very much for any help.

Clear Skies,
Jack Coletti

[Roy in]

But obvously this guy's browser was not closed in this case, because he was
testing to see if the redirection would occur.
http://www.aspfaq.com/2078

this article say that there is a bug, not that his test should fail because
his computer might be turned off.

Ray is at <%=sLocation% >" but the lights are off

"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I suggest you do something a little different, like:

Sub session_onstart ()
session("active ") = true
End Sub

And then use something like
If Not(session("ac tive")) Then response.redire ct "/mylogin.asp"
See here for the reasons.
http://www.aspfaq.com/2078

When the session ends, the browser could be closed, and the user's computer may even be turned off, unplugged, and thrown away. How could you do a
redirect then?

Ray at home
--
Will trade ASP help for SQL Server help
"MostlyH2O" <ja*********@TA KEOUTTHECAPITAL Sbaylife2000.co m> wrote in message news:XU******** **************@ twister.tampaba y.rr.com...

Hi Folks,

I'm having a hard time getting my Session_OnEnd event to fire in my
global.asa.
Here's what I have:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBSCRI PT RUNAT=Server>
SUB Session_OnStart
Session.TimeOut = 30
END SUB

Sub Session_OnEnd
Response.Redire ct("http://mydomain.com/mylogin.asp")
End Sub
</SCRIPT>

I made a simple page to call the session.abandon - to test the OnEnd

event.

But it doesn't fire. I have set the session.timeout to 1 and also waited

for

the default 20 to pass. I just can't get that redirect to occur when the session ends.

I know the global.asa is set up properly, because the OnStart event WILL
fire if I move my redirect statement to the SUB Session_OnStart routine.

Thanks very much for any help.

Clear Skies,
Jack Coletti

[Roy in]

Actually what I meant to say is that Ray was right, but you have to read the
Entire article- just like I keep saying.

"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I suggest you do something a little different, like:

Sub session_onstart ()
session("active ") = true
End Sub

And then use something like
If Not(session("ac tive")) Then response.redire ct "/mylogin.asp"
See here for the reasons.
http://www.aspfaq.com/2078

When the session ends, the browser could be closed, and the user's computer may even be turned off, unplugged, and thrown away. How could you do a
redirect then?

Ray at home
--
Will trade ASP help for SQL Server help
"MostlyH2O" <ja*********@TA KEOUTTHECAPITAL Sbaylife2000.co m> wrote in message news:XU******** **************@ twister.tampaba y.rr.com...

Hi Folks,

I'm having a hard time getting my Session_OnEnd event to fire in my
global.asa.
Here's what I have:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBSCRI PT RUNAT=Server>
SUB Session_OnStart
Session.TimeOut = 30
END SUB

Sub Session_OnEnd
Response.Redire ct("http://mydomain.com/mylogin.asp")
End Sub
</SCRIPT>

I made a simple page to call the session.abandon - to test the OnEnd

event.

But it doesn't fire. I have set the session.timeout to 1 and also waited

for

the default 20 to pass. I just can't get that redirect to occur when the session ends.

I know the global.asa is set up properly, because the OnStart event WILL
fire if I move my redirect statement to the SUB Session_OnStart routine.

Thanks very much for any help.

Clear Skies,
Jack Coletti

[Ray at]

It is late on a Sunday night (in the easter time zone anyway). You should
not be drunk. ;]

Ray at home

--
Will trade ASP help for SQL Server help
"Roy in <%=H.E.Double Toothpicks $>" <Ro*@DoubleToot hpicks.com> wrote in
message news:ef******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

Actually what I meant to say is that Ray was right, but you have to read the Entire article- just like I keep saying.

"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I sugge

[TomB]

Ah yes the easter time zone, where every morning chocolate eggs are found
scattered throughout the home.

If the Session has ended, then the user hasn't requested anything from the
server. Since the server can't send anything to the client without a
request, you won't be able to redirect anywhere.

If the user was browsing around your site then his Session("Active ") ="true"
as set in Session_OnStart . Then he goes for a nap and his session times
out. As soon as he clicks on a link or refreshes his screen, his
Session("Active ") will again be set to "true" as a new session will have
begun.
The response.redire ct will never be called in the Session_OnEnd.

If the goal is merely to ensure someone is logged in and their session is
active. It would be more logical to set the Session("Active ")=true in the
login processing page, then checking that it's still valid at the top of
every page--a good job for an #include.


"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:Os******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

It is late on a Sunday night (in the easter time zone anyway). You should
not be drunk. ;]

Ray at home

--
Will trade ASP help for SQL Server help
"Roy in <%=H.E.Double Toothpicks $>" <Ro*@DoubleToot hpicks.com> wrote in
message news:ef******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

Actually what I meant to say is that Ray was right, but you have to read

the

Entire article- just like I keep saying.

"Ray at <%=sLocation% >" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...

I sugge

[Mark Hastings]

I'm going to assume what you are trying to accomplish is to require the user
to log back in after a period of inactivity. As was pointed out in previous
posts, this can not be accomplished using the Session_OnEnd sub in the
global.asa file.

The method I use for this is to simply use a meta element in HTML and
redirect the browser after a period of time equivalent to my session timeout
on the server. I redirect to a page informing the user that their session
has timed out.

On the page I want to timeout, I put:
<% strThisPageURL = "http://" & Request.ServerV ariables("SERVE R_NAME") &
Request.ServerV ariables("URL")
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1200; URL=<% Response.Write "http://" &
Request.ServerV ariables("SERVE R_NAME") & "/ExpiredLogIn.as p?U=" &
strThisPageURL %>">

The page ExpiredLogIn.as p is:
<html>
<head>
<title>Log-In Expired</title>
</head>
<%If Not IsEmpty(Request .QueryString("U ")) Then strPreviousPage URL =
Request.QuerySt ring("U")%>
<body>
<p align="center"> &nbsp;</p>
<h3 align="center"> Your Log-in has expired due to inactivity.</h3>
<h3 align="center"> If you wish to log-in again, click <a
href="LogInForm .asp?U=<%=strPr eviousPageURL%> ">here</a>.</h3>
</body>
</html>

And in my login page, it looks for the QueryString for the URL of the timed
out page and redirects there after a successful login.

HTH
Mark

[MostlyH2O]

Thanks for all the help, good people.

Yes, I would have toiled for days trying to get the global.asa to redirect
the user to the login page after the session timed out. And, I *was* trying
to avoid checking the session state at the top of each of the 47 pages that
make up my utility.

Thanks for setting me straight :-)

Clear Skies,
Jack Coletti