Session Variable vs Cookie

From: Wayne Wengert (wayneDONTWANTSPAM_at_wengert.com)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:17:11 -0600

Are Session variables the same as a cookie? In reading a couple of pages I
got from searches, I don't get the difference. Basically, I am currently
using simple session variables (e.g. Session("UserName") =
txtLastName.Text). I think they are expiring for some users (longer
sessions?) and I need to be able to set the expiration to something like
Now() plus 2 hours.

What is the right way to do this?

Wayne

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