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sam- 
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 Topic: Problem with active users
Posted: 09 May 2003 at 12:34am |
I have this problem with the active users function :
Sometime I see me name or some users name many times as an active users,
For Example:
Romeo 09/May/2003 7:36am 09/May/2003 7:36am 0 Min. Microsoft IE 6 Windows XP
Romeo 09/May/2003 7:33am 09/May/2003 7:36am 3 Min Microsoft IE 6 Windows XP
Any one have been in the same prob. ?
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 09 May 2003 at 1:46am |
As HTTP is a statless protocol it is very hard keeping track of who is online at that time, this means that active user trackers are never 100% accurate.
This user is probally using an IP masking program, or usinmg a proxy server that is changing their IP address. The forum software uses IP addresses to keep track of the user, so if this changes the user is seen as a new user and readded to the active usesr list.
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PrimeraRacer
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Posted: 09 May 2003 at 9:10am |
I'm gonna have a go at writing a mod that checks the names and removes etra entries.
Borg is right though, its not a forum fault, its an ISP kinda thing.
I'll post up what I find out this weekend.
Cheers
Kev
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sam-
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Posted: 09 May 2003 at 4:12pm |
waiting you PrimeraRacer ,
Cheers
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MadDog
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Posted: 09 May 2003 at 4:28pm |
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borg, why run the check off the ip and not the author id?
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 10 May 2003 at 2:44am |
I had a look at the acitive_users_inc.asp file and it seems that I placed the code to remove second username entires in the wrong part of the file. Place the following at line 107 of acitive_users_inc.asp:-
'Delete older second entries if the user has returned in under 10 minutes with a new IP
If lngActiveUsersID <> 2 Then
If strDatabaseType = "SQLServer" Then
strSQL = "EXECUTE " & strDbProc & "DeleteActiveUserDoubleEntry @lngActiveUsersID = " & lngActiveUsersID & ", @strIPAddress = '" & strIPAddress & "'"
Else
strSQL = "DELETE FROM " & strDbTable & "ActiveUser WHERE " & strDbTable & "ActiveUser.Author_ID=" & lngActiveUsersID & " AND " & strDbTable & "ActiveUser.IP <> '" & strIPAddress & "';"
End If
'Detlete from database
adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
End If
'Requery the database to allow access to catch up
rsCommon.Requery
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Posted: 10 May 2003 at 2:48am |
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Still it will never be 100% acurate.
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sam-
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Posted: 10 May 2003 at 6:39am |
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Yes , It still the same , I belive its not the same prob with php, right ?
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