> Hi all,
>
> In my servlet application, I create sessions to keep track of certain
> information.
>
> However, under IE4.0 if I have two separate browsers then two different
> sessions are created (I created two different instances of IE from the
task
> bar). Whereas under netscape 4.61 the session is shared between them (this
> can be reproduced using the SessionServlet that comes with JDSK).
>
> My questions are:
> 1. What is the desirable behaviour?
The problem lies in how the browser handles cookies. And that depends on
what the browser manufacturer desires. We've run into some problem before we
found that out. The handling between different *versions* of the same
browser is also different. "Standards are great, let's make our own!".
> 2. Can I do anything about it? (i.e do I have to live with it?)
> 3. How are you (i.e developers) handling this matter?
Yes, you have to live with it. Here are our tricks to cope:
a) Document where your problem lies: what part of the application is
disturbed by the different sessionhandlings.
b) For those critical parts, find out different solutions for each session
handling mechanism.
c) Now, depending on the browser the user uses (as you can see in the
Request-object) launch the best solution, so that the difference becomes
transparent to your application (ie so that it seems to work like with
Netscape in your case). Ideally, you make this solution once and apply it on
all your apps.
or
plan B) force the users to use a single version of a single browser and have
the users punished if they won't obey (no kidding, this is how it is done in
many corporate intranets :-o)
HTH
/O
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