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May 20th, 2003, 11:22 AM
sebs

User Online

What is the best way of doiing so ?

I could use the Session_OnStart in the global.asa, but if the user and session cookie turned off, which IE6 have by default, it just keep counting !!

I could use IP address, but what if it's 2 user from the same network, like at my job !!

What do you use ?

Tx
May 25th, 2003, 10:27 AM
niske

i really think you need to elaborate a little bit on what it is you are trying to do, if not nobody's gonna be able to help you!
May 26th, 2003, 06:14 AM
Danial

Re: User Online

Quote:

Originally posted by sebs
What is the best way of doiing so ?

I could use the Session_OnStart in the global.asa, but if the user and session cookie turned off, which IE6 have by default, it just keep counting !!

I could use IP address, but what if it's 2 user from the same network, like at my job !!

What do you use ?

Tx

For the exact reason you mentioned i dont use session, and use IP aadress instead, but i have not taken into consideration that different users can have same IP address when they r on same network.

I would be interested to know if you find a way to differentiate between those users.

Thanks

Danial
May 26th, 2003, 09:35 AM
sebs

Hi Danial !

I'm still thinking about how to do it !

When i'll find a solution i will post it here for sure !

Here's my website for the interested

http://www.frenchconnexion.org

It's in french, so sorry for the one that can read french !
May 26th, 2003, 10:01 AM
vbNeo

hmm

Youre trying to do a user count ?
hmmmm
a friend of mine, Geemark, knows how to do this, he uses it on his own sites, i would suggest asking him!
His homepages:
www.battlemaniacs.net
www.geemark.com

his email: [email protected] !

Cheers !
May 28th, 2003, 09:45 AM
Geemark

Put this in Global.asa / Global.asax
VB Code:
```
Sub Session_OnStart
    Application.Lock
    Application("UserCount") = Application("UserCount") + 1
format.
    Application.Unload
End Sub
¨
Sub Session_OnEnd
    Application.Lock
    Application("UserCount") = Application("UserCount") - 1
format.
    Application.Unload
End Sub
```
now on the page where you wish to display the number of users do like this:

Users online now: <%=Application("UserCount")%>

Please notice that 20 minutes (or whatever your Session.Timeout value is set to) will pass by before the Session_OnEnd event is fired. Therefore the number generated is not entirely accurate!

Hope this helps.
May 28th, 2003, 09:50 AM
sebs

tx !

but try that if you have session cookie disabled, which IE6 seems to have by default !
May 28th, 2003, 09:57 AM
Geemark

I can imagine it would count like crazy...

However, most standard browser-installations do have session-cookies enabled by default, including IE6. The option does not say "allow" it says "always allow", so even if it is not checked, it will in most cases (not always) be active.

Anyways, thinking of the nature of HTTP server to client traffic there is no way to detect how many users are currently on the website other than this unsafe one!
May 28th, 2003, 10:02 AM
sebs

yeah you're right !

but i still don't like that way :(

i tried it on my website and at some point it show like 120 user online, which i doubt !

i like the IP thingy, i just need to find something unique from a computer to another, to prevent the users on the same network counting as one !

do you have any thoughts on this ?
May 28th, 2003, 10:33 AM
Geemark

I used the code i showed you on battlemaniacs.net for a long time. At the time there were just about 400 visitors per day, and we only experienced the counter to go mad 1 or 2 times, but for a different reason.

I have no ideas for your suggestion