Can I perform a function when user leaves site?

[Scooby Doobie Doo]

I need to update a database record when a User closed his browswer or leaves the site. Is this possible? If so, how would I do that?

[Don Vaillancourt]

The only way to safely achieve this is to crate a table and set an
identifying value plus timestamp within that table when ever a user
visits any given page.

You'll need to create a background scheduled task to check this table
every couple of minutes or so and if any of the entries timestamp are
older than a specified time, then the user is no longer on the site and
you can perform whatever task you want.

It's up to you to determinme when a user is no longer at your site which
could be the same as the life of a session.


Scooby Doobie Doo wrote:

> I need to update a database record when a User closed his browswer or leaves the site. Is this possible? If so, how would I do that?

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On 2005-06-09 10:18:09 -0500, "Scooby Doobie Doo"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> said:

> I need to update a database record when a User closed his browswer or
> leaves the site. Is this possible? If so, how would I do that?

If you're on CFMX 7 you can use the new OnSessionEnd event in your
Application.cfc:
[url]http://tinyurl.com/7v2sw[/url]

Matt
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