Session Variables???

I use a Session variable called Session("UserName") to store a users username. When I set this variable and the close the browser window, the session is only supposed to end when when the session times out, Right? (20 minutes)

Why then when I open the browser again, before 20 min, is that session varaible lost? I have checked and the sessionID stays the same if I open and close the browser. Nowhere in my pages do I clear the variable, and nowhere do I call the session.abandon method???

Any explanations??

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When I set this variable and the close the browser window, the session is only supposed to end when when the session times out, Right? (20 minutes)

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Yes, that is right.

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Why then when I open the browser again, before 20 min, is that session varaible lost?

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Because the Session ID is actually a temporary Cookie sent to the Browser. When you close the browser, the Cookie is deleted from memory.

josh is right. if you want it to persist, create a cookie instead of the session variable.