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Error: Element AUTH.ISLOGGEDIN.FIRSTNAME is undefined in SESSION.

Asked by EricBourland in Cold Fusion Markup Language

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Platform: ColdFusion 8, MS SQL Server 2005

Web site URL: http://www.guardianhelp.org/

OK, I've been staring at this one for a while. The site is http://www.guardianhelp.org/. I'm getting an element undefined error in my login application. This time, the error occurs when I attempt to log in. I am able to view the login form. When I use the login form I get:

Element AUTH.ISLOGGEDIN.FIRSTNAME is undefined in SESSION.
 
The error occurred in C:\websites\guardianhelp.org\SiteHeader.cfm: line 52

50 :
51 :  <cfif SESSION.auth.isLoggedIn>
52 : Welcome, <cfoutput>#session.auth.isLoggedIn.FirstName#</cfoutput> | <a href="/logout.cfm">Log Out</a>
53 :  <cfelse>
54 :      <a href="/LoginForm.cfm">Please Log In</a>

However, in application.cfc I have clearly defined session.auth.isLoggedIn.FirstName in Method OnSessionStart:

        <!--- METHOD: onSessionStart --->
       <cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="void">
     
      <!--- defined all session variables, so they will always exist ---->
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn  = false>
        <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.ContactID  = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.FirstName   = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.LastName    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.Address    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.City    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.State    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.ZIP    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.Email    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.UserLogin    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.UserPassword    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.UserRoleID  = "">
 
 </cffunction>
 <!--- END METHOD: onSessionStart --->
 
 So I am not sure why I cannot log in to my application.

I append several files: application.cfc, siteheader.cfm, LoginForm.cfm, LoginCheck.cfm, ForceUserLogin.cfm. I'm following the Forta / Camden CF8 book. Many thanks for any help.

Peace,

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application.cfc:
<!--- 
 Filename: Application.cfc
 Created by: Raymond Camden (ray@camdenfamily.com)
 Please Note: Executes for every page request
--->
 
 
<cfcomponent output="false">
 
  <!--- Name the application. --->
  <cfset this.name="GuardianHelpSite">
  <!--- Turn on session management. --->
  <cfset this.sessionManagement=true>
  
  <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" output="false" returnType="void">
 
    <!--- Any variables set here can be used by all of the application's pages --->
    <cfset APPLICATION.dataSource = "ebwebwork">
    <cfset APPLICATION.companyName = "Guardian Help">
  
  </cffunction>
  
  
  <cffunction name="onRequestStart" output="false" returnType="void">
  
	  
      <!--- Set up request variables here. --->
      <cfset var secureDirectories = "stories,client,admin,board">
      <cfset var loginRequired = false>
 
	    
 </cffunction>
  
  
  	<!--- METHOD: onSessionStart --->
	 <cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="void">
      
      <!--- defined all session variables, so they will always exist ---->
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn  = false>
	  <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.ContactID  = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.FirstName   = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.LastName    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.Address    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.City    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.State    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.ZIP    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.Email    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.UserLogin    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.UserPassword    = "">
      <cfset session.auth.isLoggedIn.UserRoleID  = "">
 
 </cffunction>
 <!--- END METHOD: onSessionStart --->
 
</cfcomponent>
 
 
 
siteheader.cfm:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Guardian Help: The Uxoricide Research Project
University of Virginia School of Nursing
Charlottesville, Virginia</title>
 
<meta http-equiv="developer" content="Eric Bourland, ebwebwork.com" />	
 
<META http-equiv="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NONE">
 
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/uva.css">
 
<script src="/rotateimages.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
 
<body OnLoad="rotateImage('rImage')">
 
<!-- begin page -->
<div id="page">
 
<!-- header section - invisible spacer used for logo link -->
<div id="header">
 
 
<div id="logo">
<a href="/"><img src="/images/spacer.gif" width="300" height="100"/></a>
 
<!-- /logo -->
</div>
 
<!--search box -->
<div id="search">
 
 
 
<form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box">
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="001382591411870128679:y4fzoklwmtk" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8" />
    <input type="text" name="q" size="20" />
    <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Go" />
 
</form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script>
 
 
<div class="subsearch">
	
 
 <cfif SESSION.auth.isLoggedIn>
Welcome, <cfoutput>#session.auth.isLoggedIn.FirstName#</cfoutput> | <a href="/logout.cfm">Log Out</a>
 <cfelse>
     <a href="/LoginForm.cfm">Please Log In</a>
 </cfif>
	
	
	</div>
 
<!-- /search box -->
</div>
 
 
<!--end header section -->
</div>
 
<div class="clear"></div>
 
 
<div id="container">
 
<div id="nav">
<ul>
    <li><a href="/"><span>Home</span></a></li>
    <li><a href="/stories/"><span>Client Stories</span></a></li>
    <li><a href="/client/"><span>Client Resources</span></a></li>
	<CFIF IsDefined('SESSION.auth.userRoleID') and SESSION.auth.UserRoleID LT 6>
    <li><a href="/board/"><span>Discussion Board</span></a></li>
</CFIF>
<CFIF IsDefined('SESSION.auth.userRoleID') and SESSION.auth.UserRoleID IS 1>
    <li><a href="/admin/"><span>Admin</span></a></li>
</CFIF> 
 
<li><a href="/contact.cfm"><span>Contact</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
 
 
<!--- left content --->
 
<div id="content-left">
 
<div style="text-align:center; margin:20px 0;"><img src="/images/Nursing.sm.su.png" alt="UVA School of Nursing" class="border0" /></div>
 
<img name="rImage" src="/images/apuva0.jpg">
	
	</div>
 
<!--- end left content --->
 
 
 
 
LoginForm.cfm:
<!--- 
 Filename: LoginForm.cfm
 Created by: Nate Weiss (NMW)
 Purpose: Presented whenever a user has not logged in yet
 Please Note Included by Application.cfc
--->
 
<!--- If the user is now submitting Login form, --->
<!--- Include Login Check code to validate user --->
<cfif isDefined("FORM.UserLogin")> 
 <cfinclude template="LoginCheck.cfm">
</cfif>
 
 
<cfinclude template="SiteHeader.cfm">
 
 
<cfif isDefined("FORM.UserLogin")> 
 <cfinclude template="LoginCheck.cfm">
</cfif>
    
<div id="content-right">
 
 
  <div class="pageTitle">Please Log In</div>
           
  
<!--- Place cursor in "User Name" field when page loads--->
<body onLoad="document.LoginForm.userLogin.focus();">
 
<!--- Start our Login Form --->
<cfform action="#CGI.script_name#?#CGI.query_string#" name="LoginForm" method="post">
 <!--- Make the UserLogin and UserPassword fields required --->
 <input type="hidden" name="userLogin_required">
 <input type="hidden" name="UserPassword_required">
 <!--- Use an HTML table for simple formatting --->
 <table border="0">
 <tr><th colspan="2" bgcolor="silver">Please Log In</th></tr>
 <tr>
 <th>UserLogin:</th>
 <td>
 
 <!--- Text field for "User Name" ---> 
 <cfinput 
 type="text"
 name="userLogin"
 size="20"
 value=""
 maxlength="100"
 required="Yes"
 message="Please type your UserLogin first.">
 
 </td>
 </tr><tr>
 <th>UserPassword:</th>
 <td>
 
 <!--- Text field for UserPassword ---> 
 <cfinput 
 type="Password"
 name="UserPassword"
 size="12"
 value=""
 maxlength="100"
 required="Yes"
 message="Please type your UserPassword first.">
 
 <!--- Submit Button that reads "Enter" ---> 
 <input type="Submit" value="Enter">
 
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
</cfform>
 
 
 
 
 
 <!-- end right content -->
 </div>
 
<cfinclude template="SiteFooter.cfm">
 
 
LoginCheck.cfm:
<!--- 
 Filename: LoginCheck.cfm
 Created by: Nate Weiss (NMW)
 Purpose: Validates a user's UserPassword entries
 Please Note Included by LoginForm.cfm
--->
 
<!--- Make sure we have Login name and UserPassword --->
<cfparam name="FORM.userLogin" type="string">
<cfparam name="FORM.UserPassword" type="string">
 
<!--- Find record with this UserLogin/UserPassword --->
<!--- If no rows returned, UserPassword not valid --->
<cfquery name="getUser" datasource="#APPLICATION.dataSource#">
 SELECT ContactID, FirstName
 FROM GuardianHelpContacts
 WHERE UserLogin = '#FORM.UserLogin#'
 AND UserPassword = '#FORM.UserPassword#'
</cfquery>
 
<!--- If the UserLogin and UserPassword are correct --->
<cfif getUser.recordCount eq 1>
 <!--- Remember user's logged-in status, plus --->
 <!--- ContactID and First Name, in structure --->
 <cfset SESSION.auth = structNew()>
 <cfset SESSION.auth.isLoggedIn = "Yes">
 <cfset SESSION.auth.contactID = getUser.contactID>
 <cfset SESSION.auth.firstName = getUser.firstName>
 
 <!--- Now that user is logged in, send them --->
 <!--- to whatever page makes sense to start --->
 <cflocation url="#CGI.script_name#?#CGI.query_string#">
</cfif>
 
 
 
ForceUserLogin.cfm:
<!--- 
 Filename: ForceUserLogin.cfm
 Created by: Nate Weiss (NMW)
 Purpose: Requires each user to log in
 Please Note Included by Application.cfc
--->
 
 
<!--- Force the user to log in --->
<!--- *** This code only executes if the user has not logged in yet! *** --->
<!--- Once the user is logged in via <cfloginuser>, this code is skipped --->
<cflogin>
 
 <!--- If the user hasn't gotten the login form yet, display it ---> 
 <cfif not (isDefined("FORM.userLogin") and isDefined("FORM.UserPassword"))>
    <cfinclude template="LoginForm.cfm">
    <cfabort> 
 
 <!--- Otherwise, the user is submitting the login form ---> 
 <!--- This code decides whether the UserLogin and UserPassword are valid --->
 <cfelse> 
 
   <!--- Find record with this UserLogin/UserPassword --->
   <!--- If no rows returned, UserPassword not valid --->
 
   <cfquery name="getUser" datasource="#APPLICATION.dataSource#">
   SELECT ContactID, FirstName, rTrim(UserRoleName) as UserRoleName
   FROM GuardianHelpContacts LEFT OUTER JOIN UserRoles
   ON GuardianHelpContacts.UserRoleID = UserRoles.UserRoleID
   WHERE UserLogin = '#FORM.UserLogin#'
   AND UserPassword = '#FORM.UserPassword#'
   </cfquery>
 
   <!--- If the UserLogin and UserPassword are correct... --->
   <cfif getUser.recordCount eq 1>
     <!--- Tell ColdFusion to consider the user "logged in" --->
     <!--- For the NAME attribute, we will provide the user's --->
     <!--- ContactID number and first name, separated by commas --->
     <!--- Later, we can access the NAME value via GetAuthUser() --->
     <cfloginuser
     name="#getUser.ContactID#,#getUser.FirstName#"
     UserPassword="#FORM.UserPassword#"
     roles="#getUser.userRoleName#"> 
   
   <!--- Otherwise, re-prompt for a valid UserLogin and UserPassword --->
   <cfelse> 
     Sorry, that UserLogin and UserPassword are not recognized.
     Please try again.
     <cfinclude template="LoginForm.cfm">
     <cfabort>
   </cfif>
 
 
 </cfif> 
 
</cflogin>
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