deleting session variable

[karren]

hi all,

i am having a problem where i am not able to delete a session variable. the session variable that i'm using is session.sessionID, so the number is automatically generated by the server. i've put the sessiontimeout as 30 minutes. the code i'm using to delete the session.sessionID variable is:

<cflock timeout=&quot;30&quot; name=&quot;session&quot; type=&quot;exclusive&quot;>
<cfset StructDelete(session,&quot;session.sessionID&quot>
</cflock>

another question i have is, is it possible that the server will generate the same session.sessionID the next time you come on the page, even after its deleted?

thanks all!

karren

 

[SidianConsulting]

ColdFusion sets the session.sessionid automatically, so unless you want to disable session management, you are not going to be successful getting rid of it

I have to ask, why do you want to delete the sessionid? If you have a user logged in, you can set a specific session variable to identify that (e.g. session.IsLoggedIn), then delete that session variable when they log out, or use StructClear() on the session scope if you want to clear all of your set session variables.

If you have a reason to delete the cookies when the session is over, too, you can do that using cfcookie, but if there is no reason for that (and there usually isn't), just let the cookies persist. CF will generate new cookies anyway, so there isn't really a difference.

-Tek