Hi Ray, Thanks for the answer. Is this stored in a cookie perhaps? Pam
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ray at home > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ASP] Little Question > > > Security levels in an app is a common one. If your user sees or > has access > to different things based on some security model in your application, and > this user's security level is stored in a database, it's nice to just pull > the value from a session variable instead of hitting the database on every > page load to check security. (The downside to this is that if > the person's > security level is changed during an active session, this will not be > reflected immediately.) > > On the app I'm currently working on, I have some session variables that > store the employee's employee ID from our HR database, as well as the > person's first and last name for displaying at various places. > > Ray at home > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pam > > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:12 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [ASP] Little Question > > > > Can I inquire just a little further and ask for a couple of > > simple examples where a session variable would be needed or useful? > > > > Thanks, > > Pam ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/17folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [email protected] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
