Help needed!

I have hacked brains on this problem. No use!
I have written code to delete all temporary
data(from sql tables) and files created in the
current session. This works fine on session
timeout and logout. But it does not work if the
user closes the browser directly.

I tried onunload and onbeforeunload. Does not
work.

Any workarounds for this???

Thanks in advance.

:)Spacy

Well No easy way. There's no way for the server to know the client closed the window- that is unless you write some kind of client program to embed in the browser- like active X... which I don't recommend.


Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee

Hey,

Write your own custom session...

Brian

Thanks for thr replies.

How do i create a custom session? Is there no way
out at all for this problem???

As I said, you can't do it. There is no way for the Server to know that the browser has closed without writing a custom program on the client. If your in a contolled enviornment (EG: Only IE 5.5 or better on company equipment) you could write something like that- if your dealing with the internet, forget about it.


Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee

Are you using SQL Server? The only thing I can think of it store some session information in a database (specifically the Session ID), then run a process (such as DTS) that runs over night, and removes some of the data based on Sessions created the previous day. Could be complications with users early in the morning...

Brian

Thanks all!

I guess i will have 2 go with what bmains has written.
Yes am using session id in all my sql tables.
Thanks buddy!

You're welcome. Good luck.