web application + sessions

[motil]

hi.

is session state must get destroyed each time we are building our project in web applications? this is really annoying because i have to re-log and get to the page i'm currently working on each time i need to build my project...

is there a way around it ?

[kulrom^]

You can change the timeout value to be longer, changing the timeout value in your local web.config file (value is in minutes):

<system.web>
    <authentication mode="Forms">
          <forms timeout="xxxxxx"/>
    </authentication>
</system.web>

[kulrom^]

If i have missed the point then please take a look at the optional way:

  <system.web>
    <sessionState cookieless="true" timeout="xxxxxxx" />
  </system.web>

[motil]

hi

the session is not been destroyed because it been timed out, every time you build your application (F6 / CTRL + SHIFT + B) when working with ASP.NET web application (not website) project, your sessions is also gets reset.

[gep13]

Hey,

What you are describing is exactly what I would expect to happen, and I am not aware of any way to get around this.

Short of setting the default value for both the Username and Password TextBoxes (for testing purposes only that is )

Gary

[mendhak]

That's how sessions work. Your web server (even the built in one) loads the application but each time you build, the app pool gets recycled (because the DLLs/file are rewritten). The same thing would happen in IIS if you were to redeploy. If you want to keep the user logged in, use cookies (remember me checkbox) so that the login is more persistent.

[motil]

It is sooo good to see you back Mendhak!!!
i really hope you had the time of your life in your vacation
welcome back :B

and back to the subject:
well this one is a real drawback to web applications, its really kill the flow of your work and spends a lot of time, i can't use cookies for this task i need sessions . thanks for the info Gep and Mendhak.

[mendhak]

\o/ Hello hello! \o/ Korea was actually quite difficult but it was still unique (got a few photos up, more soon).

Subject - You may want to have a look at Windows Workflow if that's the case. WF has something known as state workflow and persistence service. Even if you don't look at WF, considering that it's a big subject, you could have a think about persistence in general. You've got a workflow and you need to persist user data somehow - store it in the database. So the database can have a few workflow/intermediate tables that store information related to the various steps along the way in it. If the user comes back later, then you can simply read the information out and restore into the form.