Session and timeout in ASP

[john]

Hi

I have defined a Session_onStart and Sesion_OnEnd() subroutines in my global.asa
that reads:

Sub Session_OnStart()
Session.Timeout = 1
End Sub

Sub Session_OnEnd()
Response.Redirect ("search.htm")
End Sub

As far as I understood session handling in ASP all sessions should timeout
after 1 minute.

I call one of my .asp pages in the project (which loads a frameset consisting
of three pages). I wait more than one minute and the tries to click on one
of the links that are present....but, the Session doesn't seems to end. Why
isn't the Session_OnEnd sub activated to redirect the user to "search.htm"
?????

Greatful for suggestions
***********RESPOND TO THE GROUP*********************

regards
John

[Russell Jones]

There is no Response object during Session_OnEnd, because the client hasn't
made a request; therefore, the server has no open channel to respond to the
client. However, you can make the _browser_ redirect after one minute
easily, by writing a script that redirects (see the window.setTimeout
function) or by including a redirect header in the page, for example:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60; URL=search.htm">

HTH
Russell Jones
Sr. Web Development Editor,
DevX.com


"john" <john7006@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ba0a2cb@news.devx.com...
>
> Hi
>
> I have defined a Session_onStart and Sesion_OnEnd() subroutines in my
global.asa
> that reads:
>
> Sub Session_OnStart()
> Session.Timeout = 1
> End Sub
>
> Sub Session_OnEnd()
> Response.Redirect ("search.htm")
> End Sub
>
> As far as I understood session handling in ASP all sessions should timeout
> after 1 minute.
>
> I call one of my .asp pages in the project (which loads a frameset
consisting
> of three pages). I wait more than one minute and the tries to click on one
> of the links that are present....but, the Session doesn't seems to end.
Why
> isn't the Session_OnEnd sub activated to redirect the user to "search.htm"
> ?????
>
> Greatful for suggestions
> ***********RESPOND TO THE GROUP*********************
>
> regards
> John

[Ramana]

Response, Request objects cannot be used in global.asa


"john" <john7006@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi
>
>I have defined a Session_onStart and Sesion_OnEnd() subroutines in my global.asa
>that reads:
>
>Sub Session_OnStart()
>Session.Timeout = 1
>End Sub
>
>Sub Session_OnEnd()
>Response.Redirect ("search.htm")
>End Sub
>
>As far as I understood session handling in ASP all sessions should timeout
>after 1 minute.
>
>I call one of my .asp pages in the project (which loads a frameset consisting
>of three pages). I wait more than one minute and the tries to click on one
>of the links that are present....but, the Session doesn't seems to end.
Why
>isn't the Session_OnEnd sub activated to redirect the user to "search.htm"
>?????
>
>Greatful for suggestions
>***********RESPOND TO THE GROUP*********************
>
>regards
>John

[Magnus Holmgren]

>
> Response, Request objects cannot be used in global.asa
>
Oh yes, they can, but only in Session_OnStart.
/MH