Re: Losing Session Variables

From: Aaron Bertrand [MVP] (aaron_at_TRASHaspfaq.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 01:48:20 -0400

http://www.aspfaq.com/2157 

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Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
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"Jimbo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:1a92801c41df2$38bbf630$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> I'm rather new to ASP but I'm running into a problem that
> has me stumped.  I am developing some websites on my home
> computer (WinXP Pro, IIS 5.1).
>
> Basically, I have an ASP login page that once a user is
> authenticated a session variable is set to show they have
> logged in successfully.
>
> For example:
> Session("loggedin")= "True"
>
> They are then redirected to the "member" page, which
> checks the session variable and displays the member page
> if it is true, or jumps them back to the Login page if
> False.
>
> For example:
> If Session("loggedin") <> "True" Then
>   Response.Redirect ("login.asp")
>   Response.End
> End If
>
> The problem I'm running in to is that the session
> variable does not seem to be saving any data so even
> registered users (i.e., me at the moment) get bounced
> back to the login page.  (I've tried switching to
> cookies, but have the same problem - not surprising I
> guess, since sessions use cookies).
>
> This was all working a few months back, but has now
> stopped. I was working on a few different projects for
> the past couple of months and have just returned to these
> older projects. Any ideas as to what might be the cause
> of this behavior and how it might be corrected?  Could a
> Windows or IE update be responsible?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Cheers,
> Jimbo
>
>

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