Tracking Logins

[Terry Murray]

I am trying to write an application that will include as one of its
features the ability to track login times (entrance and exit).
I think the whole exercise is rather trivial especially so if the user
actually logs out. What I am not too sure how to go about handling is the
situation that would occur if rather than logging out he/she decides to kill
the browser window or exit the application and visit some other site.
I was thinking perhaps the best way to handle that situation would be to
track the activity of users through Application variables. I have a feeling
it would be possible with Session variables, too, but they depend on cookies
which are not always enabled. Am I correct in going with this approach and
how could I implement it if so?

Thanks in advance
Terry

[grw]

There is no reliable way to track an 'exit'
You are perhaps best to mark all users as logged off after a period of
inactivity (usually session.timeout) when their sessionid / IP is no longer
detected
(ie now() > (last detected + session.timeout )


"Terry Murray" <tgmurray@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:O093b.287568$4UE.15647@news01.bloor.is.net.ca ble.rogers.com...

> I am trying to write an application that will include as one of its
> features the ability to track login times (entrance and exit).
> I think the whole exercise is rather trivial especially so if the user
> actually logs out. What I am not too sure how to go about handling is the
> situation that would occur if rather than logging out he/she decides to

kill

> the browser window or exit the application and visit some other site.
> I was thinking perhaps the best way to handle that situation would be

to

> track the activity of users through Application variables. I have a

feeling

> it would be possible with Session variables, too, but they depend on

cookies

> which are not always enabled. Am I correct in going with this approach and
> how could I implement it if so?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Terry
>
>

[wizard@example.com]

Terry,

As the other poster has mentioned, there is no concept
of logout time.

Perhaps you could sell a change in the definition to:
"contiguous periods of user activity"

If this flies, then you can set up some rules suitable
to the analysis and process your db or logs.

An example of a rule:

"if new ip address for user, then new login, previous activity was logout"

Bob


Terry Murray wrote:

>
> I am trying to write an application that will include as one of its
> features the ability to track login times (entrance and exit).
> I think the whole exercise is rather trivial especially so if the user
> actually logs out. What I am not too sure how to go about handling is the
> situation that would occur if rather than logging out he/she decides to kill
> the browser window or exit the application and visit some other site.
> I was thinking perhaps the best way to handle that situation would be to
> track the activity of users through Application variables. I have a feeling
> it would be possible with Session variables, too, but they depend on cookies
> which are not always enabled. Am I correct in going with this approach and
> how could I implement it if so?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Terry

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