Huh. That's now how it seems on my end, but I must be spending too much time
testing this thing as a developer instead of as a pseudo-user. :-) Thanks.
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Ricq Pattay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Univ of MN College of Veterinary Medicine
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Ricq Pattay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:40 AM
Subject: RE: Client and session variables same thing different
> > Is there any way to "refresh" a session variable's timeout
> > countdown so that when a user accesses a page the timeout
> > is reset back to whatever I had it set to in Application.cfm?
> >
> > For example, my session variables timeout is currently set to
> > 30 minutes for security reasons. But I have some users who use
> > this site all day long. I'd like to prevent having these power
> > users from having to log back in every 30 minutes. As long as
> > they access any page in the site within the 30 minute window,
> > I'd like the 30-minute countdown to reset back to 30. Possible?
>
> Actually, that's how session variables work now. The timeout period is the
> maximum allowed amount of inactivity between page requests. So, if your
user
> requests a page every 25 minutes for 8 hours, that user's session will
> continue for 8 hours, until they wait more than 30 minutes to request
> another page.
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
> voice: (202) 797-5496
> fax: (202) 797-5444
>
>
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