session state not sticking
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Topic: session state not sticking
Posted By: carrathanatos
Subject: session state not sticking
Date Posted: 26 June 2008 at 3:11pm
When I set my session variables, and then move to the next page with my new found credentials, it doesn't keep them.
I'm moving from login.asp using check.asp which should bring me to panel.asp.
login.asp:
<html>
<head>
<title>Login</title>
</head>
<body>
<% Session.Abandon %>
<form name="form" action="check.asp" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="username" />
Password: <input type="password" name="password" />
<input type="hidden" name="login" value="true" />
<input type="submit" value="login" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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check.asp:
<%
Dim adoCon
Dim rsLogin
Dim strSQL
Dim username
Dim passwordForm
Dim passwordDB
Session.Abandon
username = Request.Form("username")
passwordForm = Request.Form("password")
Set adoCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoCon.Open "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("login.mdb")
Set rsLogin = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
strSQL = "SELECT tblLoginInfo.ID_no, tblLoginInfo.loginName, tblLoginInfo.loginCode, tblLoginInfo.permissionLevel, tblLoginInfo.fName, tblLoginInfo.lName FROM tblLoginInfo;"
rsLogin.Open strSQL, adoCon
Do While (not rsLogin.EOF) AND (rsLogin("loginName") <> username)
rsLogin.MoveNext
Loop
if(rsLogin("loginCode") = passwordForm) Then
ENABLESESSIONSTATE = TRUE
response.write("pass")
Session("timeVisited") = Time()
Session("permission") = rsLogin("permissionLevel")
Session("name1") = rsLogin("fName")
Session("name2") = rsLogin("lName")
response.write(session("permission"))
response.write(session("name1"))
response.write(session("name2"))
response.write(session.timeout)
response.redirect "panel.asp"
else
response.write("fail")
end if
Session.Abandon
rsLogin.Close
Set rsLogin = Nothing
Set adoCon = Nothing
%>
<!-- Link to test session state:
<a href="session.asp">session</a>
-->
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panel.asp:
<%
If IsEmpty(Session("name1")) then
response.redirect "login.asp"
end if
%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Job Opportunities Panel</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="m1-5.css" />
</head>
<body>
<table id="maintable" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" height="50" id="banner">
<img src="jobBanner.png" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr >
<td height="400" id="navigation" valign="top" align="left">
Hello (username)<br>
Logout<br>
Change Password<br>
<a href="add.asp">Add New Posting</a>
</td><td id="content" valign="top" align="left">
<%
Dim adoCon
Dim rsJobs
Dim strSQL
Dim itemID
Set adoCon = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoCon.Open = "DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}; DBQ=" & Server.MapPath("jobOps.mdb")
Set rsJobs = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
strSQL = "SELECT tblJobs.ID_no, tblJobs.jobTitle, tblJobs.jobLocation, tblJobs.jobSalary, tblJobs.payType FROM tblJobs;"
rsJobs.Open strSQL, adoCon
Do While not rsJobs.EOF
Response.Write("<br />")
Response.Write(rsJobs("jobTitle"))
Response.Write(" (")
Response.Write(rsJobs("jobLocation"))
Response.Write(") - ")
Response.Write("<a href=""delete_entry.asp?ID=" & rsJobs("ID_no") & """>Delete</a>")
Response.Write(" | ")
Response.Write("<a href=""update_form.asp?ID=" & rsJobs("ID_no") & """>Edit</a>")
Response.Write("<br />Pay: ")
Response.Write(rsJobs("jobSalary"))
Response.Write("/")
Response.Write(rsJobs("payType"))
Response.Write("<br />")
Response.Write("<hr width=""80%"" height=""1"" />")
Response.Write("<br />")
rsJObs.MoveNext
Loop
rsJobs.Close
Set rsJobs = Nothing
Set adoCon = Nothing
%>
</td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>
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I have checked on my server and session states are enabled. I am using Firefox and cookies are enabled.
I can't find any other resources out there to troubleshoot this, so maybe you guys can help... 
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Replies:
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 June 2008 at 3:34pm
You want to remove the Session.Abandon part as this drops any sessions that are currently running for your web site loosing any data that they hold. Session.Abandon should always be avoided.
If you need to destroy a session variable after you finish using it use:-
Session.Contents.Remove("Variable_name_here")
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Posted By: carrathanatos
Date Posted: 26 June 2008 at 4:24pm
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nevermind, I figured it out... I took out the session.abandon in check.asp, because while I thought I was clearing any existing sessions, it actually doesn't take effect until the next page... effectively erasing my session.
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