Delete Session Variables & Cookies when Browser closes

[LindaH]

I'm not sure if this should be posted in the JavaScript Forum or the .Net Forum, so I'll post in both!

My .Net Web Application Sets a couple of Session Variables and also sets a cookie. When the user logs out, the Session Variables and cookies are both wiped out; however, if the user merely closes the browser, I need to be able to delete both the cookie and the Session Variables immediately (and not wait 'til they time out).

How (and on what event) can I do this? I looked at the JavaScript onUnload event, but that event fires everytime you leave the page...I need an event when the user clicks the 'X' in the upper right-hand corner to close the browser!

Oh - I need it in both IE & Netscape.

Thanks for any suggestions you have to offer!

 

[GIGN]

They are destroyed as soon as the browser closes. You try coming back in with a new browser instance, a new session is started, meaning there is no record of the one you just closed - no cookie.

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[LindaH]

I have an expiration time set on my cookie, so even though I close the browser, the cookie still exists until the expiration time has been met.

 

[onpnt]

I may be repeating GIGN, but the cookies and vars are deleted when the browser closes UNLESS you have a expiration date set. So in turn you need to get rid of that nasty expiration date and problem will be solved. provide tools to let people become their best.