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Session tracking uses per-session cookies -- ie,
cookies that are not persistent. So if the user closes the
browser, the cookie that identified that session goes away.
When the user re-opens the browser and hits your servlet,
they get a brand-new session --- as you found in your test.
- Fernando
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> I haven't got any replay for my question asked a week so bear with me
> posting agian and please help me
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> I'm very confused about seesion tracking. I read java trail on session
> as well as Ch7 Session Trainging on O'Reilly "java servlet programming".
> It says on java trail that
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> "by default session tracking uses cookies to associate a session
> identifier with user"
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> does this mean that the session servlet grap cookies when I do
> *.getSession(true)???
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> If this is the case, the client store id given by the server and if cilent
> restart brower,the server still be able to get cookie from client
> containing same id the server gave a while ago though retrieve right
> session which the cilent exit before as long as the client access
> the servlet before seeison time out? or am I misunderstood.
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> I'm testing with simple counting program keep track of how many time a
> user access servlet. If user hit ctrl-refresh (or shift-refresh in
> netscape) the conter inc. But if I exit browser and access the servlet
> after retart brower, the count goes back to 1. which contradict with
> session tracking..... please help me
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> Cheers
> Katsu
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