my website creates a file on the server every time a member logs in, and the filename is passed as a session variable throughout the web. When the user physically logs off using a link on the website, a script locates the file using the session var and deletes the file. What I need to do is be able to delete the file if the user either closes their browser or if the session terminates (after 20 mins). I was playing around with the global.asa session_onend, but it isnt firing dynamically. Either way, I fear that if I direct the session_on end to a page with script to delete the file, I wont be able to because the session var for the filename will already be erased. Is there a way I can capture the filename elsewhere and delete it dynamically when the session is ended?

Any help would be awesome. Thank you so much for your time...

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

The Session variables are still present in the Session object in the OnEnd event. This means you can use them to retrieve the filename you want to delete.

Using Session_OnEnd is a bit tricky, though. It's not guaranteed that it will fire for each session you create, so you may end up with old files on your server.

You could add a date and time to the filename and then run a routine once in a while that checks old files and deletes them.

Alternatively, and IMO the preferred way , you can use a database to store the data. It's easier to scale a database driven site, than one that uses text files. Also, cleanup tasks are a lot easier in a database.

HtH,

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
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