sessions are associated with requests, hence subsequent requests will
generate new sessions...
----- Original Message -----
From: Bartsch Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: session maximum inactive interval
> The session is created.
> I create it with
> session=req.getSession(true);
> session.setMaxInactiveInterval(3600);
> after a user has performed successfull login.
>
> Then for his further requests I do
> session=request.getSession(false);
> if (session==null) => user not authorized because session is not valid
anymore
> else => get data from session and perform further action
>
> If I test this 'session' will not be 'null': the session is created.
>
> But it will only not be 'null' for subsequent requests that arrive not
more than
> about 10s apart!
> But I set the MaxInactiveInterval to 1 hour (=3600s)??
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Duane Morse [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: mardi 28 novembre 2000 19:02
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: session maximum inactive interval
> >
> > Two possibilities come to mind.
> >
> > If the browser you're using doesn't support cookies, then you're
creating a
> > new
> > session each time.
> >
> > The servlet container may be creating a new session each time just
because
> > you
> > used "true" in getSession(), even though it is only supposed to create a
new
> > session
> > if there isn't an existing one. That could be a bug in the servlet
> > container, or
> > there may be some other configuration problem with the servlet container
> > that prevents
> > it from saving sessions.
> >
> > You might want to call getSession() instead of getSession(true) to see
if
> > the container
> > found an existing session when it was supposed to.
> >
> > Duane Morse, Eldorado Computing Inc., Phoenix AZ
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bartsch Axel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 10:29 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: session maximum inactive interval
> >
> >
> > Hi members,
> >
> > I am using a HTTPSession object running with cookies.
> > I am setting the session maximum inactive interval to 1 hour by using
the
> > following code:
> >
> > session=req.getSession(true);
> > session.setMaxInactiveInterval(3600);
> >
> > JAVA servlet API:
> > public void setMaxInactiveInterval(int interval)
> >
> > Specifies the time, in seconds, between client requests before the
> > servlet container will invalidate this session. A
> > negative time indicates the session should never timeout.
> > Parameters:
> > interval - An integer specifying the number of seconds
> >
> > But when testing the session only stays alive for a couple of seconds:
the
> > maximum I achieved was 9 sec??
> > and the alive time is not always the same.
> >
> > Does anybody know more about this and can help me?
> >
> >
> >
> > Axel, Lannion/France
> >
> >
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