Session.Variables do not work suddenly

[Stressed_Simon]

This is a bit confusing. Do you mean that your session variables only exist on
your site? This is normal behaviour?

If you mean they are not working have you turned them on in your cfapplication
tag?

More info would help to work this out!

[Leon74]

I mean on the same site.

Yes, they are turned on in the CFAPPLICATION. The site works originally
without any problem. Than suddenly the sessions do not work anymore. I do not
change any CF or Server settings.

Desciption: I post variables from Site1 to Site2 (example: contact1.cfm to
contact2.cfm in the same directory).
On site2 I definde session.Variables (example: <cfset #session.variable# =
#form.variable#> (form.Variable exist))
Later on Site2 I give the variables with a <cfoutput> tag out... it works.
But on the next site (maybe contact3.cfm) the session.Variables do not resist
any more.

[Stressed_Simon]

They might be timing out what is the sessiontimeout set to in your cfapplication tag, and what is the maximum set in the CF Administrator?

[Leon74]

Hi,

in the CFAPPLICATION I do not set any timeout. In CFAdmin the
maximun-timeout is 1 hour and the default timeout is 5 min for
session.Variables. The time when the session.Variables have still worked I
have the same settings.

[Leon74]

The sessions variables are working only in the site I define them...

[BKBK]

For a start, this is not optimal coding, and might cause problems,
even if form.Variable exists:

<cfset #session.variable# = #form.variable#>

Use, instead

<cflock scope="session" timeout="30" type="Exclusive">
<cfset session.variable = #form.variable#>
</cflock>

[Leon74]

I try to look the Variable, but nothing changed. It's very confused. It seem
like the session.Variables are lost when I go to another URL ( in the same
Web-directory..) That's not the meaning of session.Variables. I'm going
crazy... The deadline for the Web-Site is tomorrow and I brawl with unlogical
problems...

[BKBK]

> session.Variables are lost when I go to another URL

The web is stateless. It forgets your session variables from one page to the
next.
Your expression "in the same Web-directory" doesn't mean a thing
when you're dealing with sessions. Make sure you pass your session variables
to all your URLs, whether they're in the same directory or not. Try doing a
test
like this one, to see whether it solves the problem.

<a href="testpage.cfm?#session.URLToken#">To test page</a>

When you get things working, go back and tighten up, using ideas from

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_17255[/url]

[Leon74]

Hi,

First test:
<a hef ="test.cfm?id=3>

on the Site test.cfm I wrote

<cfif isDefined("id">
<cfoutput>#id#</cfoutput>
</cfif>

... the output says: 3 ..... correct.

Second test:
<a hef ="test.cfm?session.id=3>

on the Site test.cfm I wrote

<cfif isDefined("session.id">
<cfoutput>#session.id#</cfoutput>
</cfif>

... the output says nothing... I can not post Session.Variables with a <a
href> .... But when I use <cflocation> it works...

[BKBK]

Use just this

<a href="testpage.cfm?#session.URLToken#">To test page</a>

Not 'id=3', not 'session.id=whatever', nada, niyet,non,nein,no!
Your should test with the query string, #session.URLToken#

[Leon74]

Hi BKBK,

it works... I put "?#session.URLToken#"" in the form.

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