session variables???

[blally]

I am new to cold fusion and dont know if I like it.

With that said, does anyone know of a reason why a session variable will work on some machines and not others. The code works on at least two machines but will not work on my home machine.

<cflock timeout=30 name=session.sessionid type=readonly>
<cfset sid = session.sid>
</cflock>

And is it me or are there multiple ways to call a variable (with # and without) does it matter which you use?

Back to the point. I keep getting errors saying the session.sid had been misspelled or has not be defined.

Any and all help would be appreciated.

Brian

 

[swilliams]

Try <cfset sid = session.sessionid>

Regarding the #'s. As a general rule, if you using variables inside <cf... > tags, you don't need #'. eg <cfset variable1 = variable2> But if the variable is between <cf... > tags, then you do. eg <cfoutput>#variable_name#</cfoutput>.

Hope this helps.

Simon