Yup, I'll probably start doing your way, but I'm still curious as to how CF
handles my example :)
>
>
> Would this work?
>
>
> <cflock name="#Session.sessionID#" timeout="30" type="Exclusive">
> <cfif IsDefined("Session.UserID")>
> <cfset Session.UserID = Session.UserID>
> <cfset MakeUserLogin = "yes">
> </cfif>
> </cflock>
>
> <cfif MakeUserLogin>
> <cflocation url="../not_logged_in.cfm">
> </cfif>
>
>
>
> Brad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dana Larose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Yet another <cflock> question...
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> This is the code snippet for how I have been typically handling logged in
> users:
>
> <cflock name="#Session.sessionID#" timeout="30" type="Exclusive">
> <cfif IsDefined("Session.UserID")>
> <cfset Session.UserID = Session.UserID>
> <cfelse>
> <cflocation url="../not_logged_in.cfm">
> </cfif>
> </cflock>
>
> So, what I want to happen is that if the user exists and is logged in, as
> indicated by Session.UserID, I reset the variable so that the poor user
> isn't arbitrarily timed while using the system. If Session.UserID doesn't
> exist, they are bounced to a page that displays an error message or gives
> them the chance to login.
>
> My question is, if they hit the <cflocation>, is ColdFusion smart
> enough to
> remove the lock before jumping to the other page, or am I setting
> myself up
> for some unhappy deadlock? It appears to remove the lock when I test it,
> but I wouldn't mind confirmation of that so I am not setting myself up for
> future problems.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dana
>
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