Hi All,

I have a form where approximately 30,000 people will fill out within an 8 hours time frame. Therefore, I want to save server resources as much as possible. I have set my session timeout to 40 minutes.

This is a simple question, but I get different feedbacks from different people. If I need to end a session, I know there are differents methods to do so(set timeout, session.abandon, et.). However, my question is, will session end if I close out the browser window?

Thanks.

Leon

Yes Leon, it does.

Cheers!

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- Vijay G
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Thanks Vijay!

Leon

It may be important to note *when* it does time out.

When the user closes his or her browser, the server does not know this has happened. This means the server will keep the session alive for the next 40 minutes after which it will destroy he session object.

However, during those 40 minutes the session is still there, consuming resources.

If you're worried about performance, and all people are doing is filling in a (short) for, I'd lower the timeout from 40 minutes to, say, 10 or so.

This way the session will timeout quicker, freeing up valuable resources.

Cheers,

Imar
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