You will need an application.cfc (or .cfm) for session variables to work. In your example, your <cfset session.name = 'rick'> was actually stored in the variables scope on that page as variables.session.rick, and not actually in the session scope. That is why it was not available on the other page.
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote: > > There's no application.cfc at this point...the only > two pages involved are what's in this email. > > Is enabling session management in an application.cfc > necessary for session management to work? > > As you can see below when I use: > > <cfset session.name = 'rick'> > > and then output that with: > > <cfoutput>#session.name#</cfoutput> > > I get 'rick'... > > But that's on the same page. > > Would that work but not session variables between pages > with session management being enabled in application.cfc? > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Milburn [mailto:scmilb...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 3:18 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Session variables not working > > > Have you enabled session management in the application.cfc? > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Rick Faircloth > <r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote: > > > > > It's been awhile since I used session variables, > > but this is simple. Why won't this work? > > > > session-test.cfm > > ---------------- > > > > <cfset session.name = 'rick'> > > > > <cfoutput>#session.name#</cfoutput> > > > > <cflocation url="session-test-2.cfm"> > > > > > > session-test-2.cfm > > ------------------ > > > > <cfoutput>#session.name#</cfoutput> > > > > > > I get the error 'Element NAME is undefined in SESSION.' > > > > ??? > > > > Session variables are specified for use in CFADMIN. > > Am I missing something REALLY simple or obvious? > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350116 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
