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kinnman
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July 12, 2006
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Session Variable

CF's Session Variables, accessed via the SESSION scope, as opposed to CLIENT and COOKIE scope -
Does it require/use cookie(s) ?
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dpretlorCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 12, 2006
quote:
Originally posted by: Dan Bracuk
no


That is not entirely correct. When session management variables are enabled (session management="Yes"), ColdFusion automatically creates a session cookie that persists throughout the current browser session. Unique values for each visitor are stored in the CFID and CFTOKEN variables. The cookies are passed back to the ColdFusion server each time a page is read, reidentifying the client session variables to the server.

Now!!! If a user has cookies disabled you can still use session variables. See the Adobe LiveDocs on how to do that. Here is the link!

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00001151.htm


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Dan_Bracuk
Inspiring
July 12, 2006
no
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dpretlorCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 12, 2006
quote:
Originally posted by: Dan Bracuk
no


That is not entirely correct. When session management variables are enabled (session management="Yes"), ColdFusion automatically creates a session cookie that persists throughout the current browser session. Unique values for each visitor are stored in the CFID and CFTOKEN variables. The cookies are passed back to the ColdFusion server each time a page is read, reidentifying the client session variables to the server.

Now!!! If a user has cookies disabled you can still use session variables. See the Adobe LiveDocs on how to do that. Here is the link!

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00001151.htm


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kinnmanAuthor
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July 12, 2006
quote:
Originally posted by: dpretlor
That is not entirely correct. When session management variables are enabled (session management="Yes"), ColdFusion automatically creates a session cookie that persists throughout the current browser session.

I just checked...
I think you're right, I still got the 2 CF cookies but they're NOT session-life, they're set to expire in 2036 !!!


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