http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2078
I got my butt whooped over at asp.net group the other day with an offhanded
reference to the unreliability of session on end. I have been told that in
ASP IIS 5 and beyond, it IS reliable and DOES fire. What's the real word?
Thanks 7 1905
Stephanie Stowe wrote: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2078
I got my butt whooped over at asp.net group the other day with an offhanded reference to the unreliability of session on end. I have been told that in ASP IIS 5 and beyond, it IS reliable and DOES fire.
I don't understand. The article DOES say that IIS5+ is less unreliable in
this regard than earlier versions. What is the controversy?
What's the real word?
The real word is that it may not fire when you want or expect it to fire.
For example, it will not immediately fire when a user closes his browser, so
if you are expecting to do user-tracking in this event, expect it to not be
accurate.
You need to keep in mind that only two events will cause session_onend to
fire:
1. The session times out
2. A Session.Abandon statement is executed
Other events, such as the user closing his browser or navigating to another
website, will not end the session until the timeout period expires.
Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
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"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
news:es******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P14.phx.gbl... Stephanie Stowe wrote: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2078
I got my butt whooped over at asp.net group the other day with an offhanded reference to the unreliability of session on end. I have been told that in ASP IIS 5 and beyond, it IS reliable and DOES fire. I don't understand. The article DOES say that IIS5+ is less unreliable in this regard than earlier versions. What is the controversy?
Less unreliable is not the same as reliable! What's the real word?
The real word is that it may not fire when you want or expect it to fire. For example, it will not immediately fire when a user closes his browser,
so if you are expecting to do user-tracking in this event, expect it to not
be accurate.
Will it fire when the session times out? Consistently?
You need to keep in mind that only two events will cause session_onend to fire: 1. The session times out 2. A Session.Abandon statement is executed
Other events, such as the user closing his browser or navigating to
another website, will not end the session until the timeout period expires.
Sure enough.
Bob Barrows -- Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
Stephanie Stowe wrote: "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:es******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P14.phx.gbl... Stephanie Stowe wrote: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2078
I got my butt whooped over at asp.net group the other day with an offhanded reference to the unreliability of session on end. I have been told that in ASP IIS 5 and beyond, it IS reliable and DOES fire. I don't understand. The article DOES say that IIS5+ is less unreliable in this regard than earlier versions. What is the controversy?
Less unreliable is not the same as reliable!
I should let him speak for himself, but I'm thinking that Aaron is saying
that it is not reliable if the developer is expecting it to fire in
circumstances where it is not supposed to fire. What's the real word?
The real word is that it may not fire when you want or expect it to fire. For example, it will not immediately fire when a user closes his browser, so if you are expecting to do user-tracking in this event, expect it to not be accurate.
Will it fire when the session times out? Consistently?
In my experience: yes.
I've never encountered the situations described in Aaron's FAQ article. I've
never seen any documented reports of it failing to fire under IIS5 and
higher. Of course, I haven't been looking for them ...
Bob Barrows
--
Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET
Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From
header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a
quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
news:uE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl... Stephanie Stowe wrote: "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:es******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P14.phx.gbl... Stephanie Stowe wrote: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2078
I got my butt whooped over at asp.net group the other day with an offhanded reference to the unreliability of session on end. I have been told that in ASP IIS 5 and beyond, it IS reliable and DOES fire.
I don't understand. The article DOES say that IIS5+ is less unreliable in this regard than earlier versions. What is the controversy?
Less unreliable is not the same as reliable!
I should let him speak for himself, but I'm thinking that Aaron is saying that it is not reliable if the developer is expecting it to fire in circumstances where it is not supposed to fire.
What's the real word?
The real word is that it may not fire when you want or expect it to fire. For example, it will not immediately fire when a user closes his browser, so if you are expecting to do user-tracking in this event, expect it to not be accurate.
Will it fire when the session times out? Consistently?
In my experience: yes.
I've never encountered the situations described in Aaron's FAQ article.
I've never seen any documented reports of it failing to fire under IIS5 and higher. Of course, I haven't been looking for them ...
Cool. That's what I needed to know.
Bob Barrows -- Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
That is to say, thanks for answering.
I've seen this reported many times myself over years (though I don't use
this event).
Could it be then some kind of Urban Legend forged by those who was expected
to see it fire when it is not supposed to fire ;-) !!!!
Patrice
--
"Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> a écrit dans le message de
news:uE******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl... Stephanie Stowe wrote: "Bob Barrows [MVP]" <re******@NOyah oo.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:es******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P14.phx.gbl... Stephanie Stowe wrote: http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2078
I got my butt whooped over at asp.net group the other day with an offhanded reference to the unreliability of session on end. I have been told that in ASP IIS 5 and beyond, it IS reliable and DOES fire.
I don't understand. The article DOES say that IIS5+ is less unreliable in this regard than earlier versions. What is the controversy?
Less unreliable is not the same as reliable!
I should let him speak for himself, but I'm thinking that Aaron is saying that it is not reliable if the developer is expecting it to fire in circumstances where it is not supposed to fire.
What's the real word?
The real word is that it may not fire when you want or expect it to fire. For example, it will not immediately fire when a user closes his browser, so if you are expecting to do user-tracking in this event, expect it to not be accurate.
Will it fire when the session times out? Consistently?
In my experience: yes.
I've never encountered the situations described in Aaron's FAQ article.
I've never seen any documented reports of it failing to fire under IIS5 and higher. Of course, I haven't been looking for them ...
Bob Barrows -- Microsoft MVP -- ASP/ASP.NET Please reply to the newsgroup. The email account listed in my From header is my spam trap, so I don't check it very often. You will get a quicker response by posting to the newsgroup.
For me, reading the faq article, seeing the very first sentences:
"Session_On End is unreliable. Do not create applications that rely on
Session_OnEnd to occur, because it doesn't always happen. "
Followed by:
"This is a known bug and seems to have been reduced (if not eliminated
entirely) in IIS 5.0, which ships with Windows 2000. "
Aaron's faq has given me countless pieces of great info. So when he said "
is unreliable" and "seems to have been reduced" it did not give me the warm
fuzzies.
Aaron, if you are reading this, do not take this as a criticism. I love your
faq.
Stephanie
(same Stephanie as days gone by in a new job back in ASP land.)
"Patrice" <no****@nowhere .com> wrote in message
news:ee******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... I've seen this reported many times myself over years (though I don't use this event).
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