Show how many using site ?? 1

[blondends]

Hi,

I have seen on a few site now that they have a facility where by you can see how many are logged on/ using the site.

Does anyone know how this is done? I thought that they might have just looked at how many users have logged in to the site and then wait for the them to log out... but, they also mention guest users - who don't log in. So how do they work that out ? I can only think of a server varilble that holds that info.

I am using a Unix server running MySQl.

Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[mwolf00]

Best way to do it is to update an application variable with a session start in the global.asa.

Sub Session_OnStart
application.lock
if application("users&quot = "" then application("users&quot = 0
application("users&quot = application("users&quot + 1
application.unlock
end sub

sub session_onEnd
application.lock
application("users&quot = application("users&quot - 1
application.unlock
end sub

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook

 

[blondends]

Thanks for the quick reply. Although i am a bit confused. I am using a rented server and i would like to disply number of users accessing the site on a web page. Will your solution work for this ?

Thanks again,

Chris

 

[mwolf00]

Yes, everytime a new person visit the asp site, the session_onstart event fires adding one to the count. When their session times out, the session_onend event removes them from the count.

This code is in the global.asa file.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build better and bigger idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. - Rick Cook

 

[blondends]

Thank you very much !!