Session object

This object is used to store information about, or alter settings for a user session. this is created for each visitor the first time they request an ASP page. This remains until the timeout expires .

Collection

Collections Description
Contents collection of variables and values that are stored in a particular Session object these are not specified by an <OBJECT> tag.
StaticObjects collection of variables that are stored in a particular Session object using an <OBJECT> tag

 

Properties

Property description
CodePage defines the code page that is used to display content sent to the browser. This is the numeric value of different character sets. e.g 1252 is western alphabet and 1200 is universal alphabet
LCID defines the locale identifier of the page sent to the browser . e.g UK is 0809 , US is 0409 and france is 040c
SessionID returns the identifier of the session which is generated bt the server when a session is created
Timeout defines the timeout for a Session object in minutes . Default is 20 minutes

 

Methods

Method description
Contents.Remove removes a named variable from the Contents collection
Contents.RemoveAll removes all variables from the COntents collection
Abandon( ) ends the current user Session and destroys the current Session object

 

Events

Event description
onStart occurs when an ASP user session starts before the first page that a user requests is executed . Initialize variables , run code and create objects here
onEnd occurs when a session ends . This is when the timeout elapses . All variables in the session are destroyed.

 

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