session-state

What is the difference between these lines of code: <forms timeout="5" /> <membership userIsOnlineTimeWindow="5" /> <sessionState timeout="5" /> Thanks a lot. Forms ( FormsAuthention ) are used for authentication and when it times out it will logout user. You can 'prevent' timeout by setting SlidingExpiration property to 'true' and it will renew forms ticket on user activity (read request to asp) if needed. This will keep user logged on while he is 'active' on your site. Membership is used for user validation and userIsOnlineTimeWindow is there to help you track user activity so when it runs

Background We have one website running on IIS 6 (Win2003 Server) using .NET 3.5: site1.mysite.local We have a second website running on IIS 7 (Win2008 Server) using .NET 4.0: site2.mysite.local On each site, the web.config contains the StateServer and the same machineKey: <sessionState mode="StateServer" stateConnectionString="tcpip=STATESRV01:42424" /> <machineKey decryptionKey="EDCDA6DF458176504BBCC720B4E29348E252E652591179E2" validationKey="CC482ED6B5D3569819B3C8F07AC3FA855B2FED7F0130F55D8405597C796457A2F5162D35C69B61F257DB5EFE6BC4F6CEBDD23A4112C4519F55185CB5EB3DFE61"/> We also have a

Is there a difference between Session.Clear() and Session.RemoveAll() ? The descriptions and documentation pages seem to say exactly the same thing, but I am assuming there must be some reason for creating two functions, am I right? To be save you can always just call them all like so.... Session.Clear() Session.Abandon() Session.RemoveAll() VB.NET example, I am sure all you need to do is place the ; at the end of each of them. This did the trick for me as I had some problems with my Session before where they were not removed. Absolutely the same. RemoveAll calls Clear internally. From

I have a list that I put in session: Session.Add("SessionList", mylist); How to retrieve it back from the session? var list = Session["SessionList"] as List<whatevertypeYouUsed>; if (list != null){ // blah... } I prefer to use the as keyword since there is no 100% guarantee that the Session will contain the list (due to application pool refresh, website being restarted, etc). Gives you that extra bit of defence to avoid a NullReferenceException . Try var myList = (List<WhateverTypeItIs>)Session["SessionList"]; liek this... var list = Session["SessionList"] as List<whateveritis>; or you can

I have a web site that uses JQuery AJAX. With this JQuery code $.post("/ajax/getsomedata.aspx", {'id': id }, function(data) { dosomething(data); } ); When I run this with cookieless="false" , id shows up in Request.Form . When I set cookieless="true" , id is no longer in Request.Form . UPDATE, What I did I added a call to Response.ApplyAppPathModifier() to preserve the data and avoid an automatic redirect. I am excepting **Diago(( and deleting my own because his references give some insite into what's going on. I like to idea of the seperate domain, but I can't do that here. Here's the updated

I know this is probably an easy question for most of you guys. But my problem is that my server host empty their session pools every minute. So how do I get my users to stay logged in longer than one minute? I've heard that I could use SessionStates, but I haven't found any guides on the net that's easy to use for a newbie like me. Also I've heard about doing it with cookies. How? I'm working with C# and .Net Steve Wellens Here is one way: http://weblogs.asp.net/stevewellens/archive/2009/06/09/ah-ah-ah-ah-staying-alive-staying-alive.aspx Sometimes you want your web page to 'stay alive'. That